Trump, Fox News praise UAE decision to leave Opec

Trump, Fox News praise UAE decision to leave Opec Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 04/30/2026 - 17:57 Fox News analyst says Saudi Arabia will no longer be able to 'control' UAE, as Trump celebrates its departure from the oil cartel US President Donald Trump attends a farewell ceremony at the White House on the final day of Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla's state visit to the US, in Washington, DC, on 30 April 2026 (Samir Hussein/Reuters) Off US President Donald Trump on Wednesday indicated that he approved of the decision by the United Arab Emirates to leave the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) amid the fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran. "I think it's great. I know him very well.