billion of profit during the july to september period. if the results are in line with what analysts are expecting, that would be a drop of around 25% if not more compared to the same period last year. it is important to note that the oil prices are in a very different place than what they were last year. last year they were about 110 to $120 a barrel because of the russian ukrainian war which led to oil prices touching a record high, and that benefited producers like aramco immensely because they could record profits last year. if you look at the last three months oil prices have been $75 a barrel and have gone up in the last month which may provide some kind of cushion and the other factor is that saudi arabia has also cut down oil production in the last five or six months. for saudi arabia, aramco is the most crucial company because it relies heavily on the income generated by the oil they must to run many other parts of its company behemouth. the results are crucial no
necessity to include great masses of poor people in the first world no, i understand that, but he s referring to us. we do have social programs, we do have situations built in and we do give a lot to charity. take a look at this. i don t know if you have a monitor. i ll read it to you just in case you don t. here in 2013 we sent out just from the government let alone the 39 billion that s sent out from private funds just from americans with a kind heart, $31.7 billion. the second highest is the u.k. with 18 billion. germany with 16. i mean, you had spain with $2 billion and we have the most purest form of capitalism. does the pope understand those numbers? i think the pope and especially the vatican knows these numbers. the pope, as i told, didn t want to come here to blame a single nation. it s just the country, but he
dollars. during that same time it has 306 billion dollar in program expenditures, it is going to be 134 billion dollar short. can we pay the interest on the debt? yeah, it is about 29 billion dollars. can we pay social security? you bet, 49 billion. we can pay medicare and medicaid, 50 billion. we can pay military, 2.9 billion dollars. we can pay for the bullets, gasoline and jet fuel and everything they need, 31.7 billion dollars many refinanceds due from irs, 3.9. we can pay a quarter of the unemployment checks that are going to be due that month. that exhausted the 172 billion dollars. at that point you can t pay for the fbi, national parks, faa, federal retirees, you name it. greta: karl, thank you. you bet. greta: donald trump calling his federal republicans terrible negotiators and el foldo. what provoked those words?