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The UAE\u2019s Minister of Everything is taking his case to the world: <\/strong>Sultan Al Jaber, whose current portfolio includes the ministry of industry and advanced technology as well as the flow of money to pay for that industrial transformation (better known as ADNOC), took to X to decry what he calls Iran\u2019s \u201carithmetic of extortion.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day the Strait is held hostage, the costs go up \u2026 for families, farms, <\/strong><\/p>\n

factories and economies around the world,\u201d <\/strong>he wrote as Brent crude again broke north of USD 100 \/ bbl. Al Jaber, the UAE\u2019s ace troubleshooter, called Iran\u2019s actions \u201cblackmail\u201d and said the loss from global markets of 1 bn barrels of oil has driven fertilizer prices up 50%, fuel prices up 30%, and airline tickets up 20%. <\/p>\n

IN CONTEXT- Gulf politics very often play out on X <\/strong>(extending even to local officials subtweeting national leaders), and Al Jaber\u2019s post is very much a message to the rest of the world that the UAE is running out of patience \u2014 its stance is hardening.<\/p>\n

The risk here is clear: <\/strong>There have already been claims out there that the UAE had launched<\/a>air strikes against Iran earlier in the war<\/a>. The ceasefire remains on shaky ground \u2014 throw in Reuters\u2019 report this morning that Riyadh, too, hit Iran in the war\u2019s early days<\/a> and the NYT\u2019s report that Iran retains most of its missile sites, launchers, and underground facilities<\/a> and \u2026 where\u2019s that offramp, Messrs. Trump and Netanyahu? \u2013Patrick <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UAE\u2019s Minister of Everything is taking his case to the world: Sultan Al Jaber, whose current portfolio includes the ministry of industry and advanced technology as well as the flow of money to pay for that industrial transformation (better known as ADNOC), took to X to decry what he calls Iran\u2019s \u201carithmetic of extortion.\u201d 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