Not virus related, but it is at the same time. COVID 19 is the perfect moment of chaos by which to test the multi-tasking capability of your enemies.
https://www.oil-price.net/
Thanks MBS, Putin. They can extract more oil, at a lower cost than OPEC. Everyone loses, but OPEC / US loses more.
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/202...l-thunderbust/
This may be a play to knock the US dollar out as the Oil-backed currency of the world.
It is a very aggressive currency war, in the middle of a trade war, while a proxy hot war is being fought in Syria.
Remember, Saudi Arabia have recently purchased hundreds of billions in US military equipment in recent years, which Trump was very proud of for some reason. It may have all been a delay tactic to stop Saudi Arabia from doing something like this.