This has proven difficult due to the Saudi’s strong ties to the US financial system. They buy tons of military equipment, and on the commercial side their sovereign fund bankrolls tech giants like Uber.

And until very recently the US imported more than half its daily oil usage. Now it is a net exporter. The Saudis controlled the oil market. American oil from fracking has recently changed that, however, and gives the US a better chance of cutting ties without existential threat to its economy.

Could state laws be used to break up these unholy unions or is that federal?