Saudi Arabia and UAE leaders turn down calls with Biden: Report

As President Joe Biden prepares to deploy a double-edged sword against Russia with an oil ban, leaders of the United States’s Gulf allies are reportedly giving him the cold shoulder.

The heads of both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates declined White House requests to speak with Biden in recent weeks amid frayed relations stemming from a variety of factors, including U.S. restraint against Iran and Yemen, according to the Wall Street Journal.