#shorts On 10/26/2022, Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich asked National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, “I wanted to ask you about Saudi oil production. Over the summer, did the U.S. strike a deal with Saudi Arabia to boost oil production?”

MR. KIRBY: Look, there was — we talked about it before the trip, that — that energy security was going to be something the President talked about when we went; that we were having conversations with Saudi Arabia before the trip about better balancing supply and demand … What I would tell you is — I’ve seen the press reporting on this. There were discussions before the trip, obviously, about a better balance of supply and demand to stabilize the energy market. Of course, there was. And we talked about that openly. But this recent decision by OPEC+ to now cut the these 2 million barrels certainly isn’t — not — and Karine said this a gazillion times — it’s not in keeping with the — with what we believe was the actual mathematical analysis of what needed to be done

longer version of this clip is here: https://youtu.be/CaTES38gRjs
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