MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS – US Daily Brief 13-06-22

Executive Summary:

• President Biden deepened his assault on alleged price gouging by energy companies. He also accused a cartel of shipping companies of inflating prices. Biden: “Every once in a while something you learn makes you viscerally angry, like if you had the person in front of you, you’d want to pop them..."
• The White House may announce a widely anticipated Biden trip to Saudi Arabia today.
• The January 6 Committee is back today after the primetime hearing last week. Today’s session will focus on the “Big Lie” with testimony from Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien.
• The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a resolution last week urging NATO to quickly process the NATO membership bids of Finland and Sweden.
• The Summit of the Americas concluded on Friday with a joint declaration on migration. A moderate success despite lacking key signatures of El Salvador and Honduras. The general consensus on the summit: "Things could have gone much worse."
• The US State Department and Pentagon will have another busy week of diplomatic engagements with representatives from the Republic of Korea as the two countries continue to strengthen ties and seek a resolution to increased tensions with North Korea.
• the United States is developing an integrated air defence systems between Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and several other Arab states to counter the threat of an Iranian strike.
• Poll of the Day: Should Russia fear Western countries that are part of NATO? (Levada Center)

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