NYT Discovers Trump Also Likes Other Countries' Oil
Trump's claim, highlighted by the NYT Politics , that he'd 'take the oil' from Venezuela isn't some rogue idea. This desire for resource control has been a consistent, if unstated, undercurrent in U.S. foreign policy. Before Iraq's freedom was secured, securing its oil fields was discussed quite openly within the U.S. administration. The only shift here is the targeted nation, not the imperial
ambition. Instead of critiquing the blatant resource nationalism, the Times frames it as a Trump-specific peculiarity, detached from decades of U.S. interventionism in oil-rich nations. One might wonder if the concern is truly about international law, or just about which specific dictator or democrat gets to be the target of such an extractive policy. The U.S. has a pattern of sanctions and
destabilization, often preceding such resource discussions. (A detailed historical assessment of U.S. interventions in oil-producing nations would be a good starting point for real journalism.)