>UAE announced this week they might start selling oil in yuan
I have read this headline dozens of times in the previous 30 years.
Has the GCC been in an existential state of panic to the point where they’re seriously questioning their relationship with the US any time in the past 30 years?
That doesn't mean the warnings were frivolous. There was ultimately a change in course which averted it. How sure are you that will be the case this time?
I don’t think the gulf is in same as always mode right now