Trump Announces Venezuela Plan with Energy Execs, Forgets History
Bloomberg's 'Balance of Power' highlights former President Trump's meeting with energy executives to outline a 'plan' for Venezuela, featuring discussions with US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Inter-American Dialogue President Rebecca Bill Chavez. The segment focuses on collaborating with 'top oil companies' and hints at 'competitive geopolitical factors' influencing recent moves. This, of
course, is the sanitized corporate speak for the time-honored tradition of US presidents installing oil-friendly regimes. For decades, US administrations have used sanctions, destabilization, and threats of intervention to target Venezuela's socialist governments, all while eyeing the largest proven oil reserves in the world. (Venezuela has a long list of resources beyond oil, including diamonds,
bauxite, and gold, but the media always seems to focus on the one that fuels Western consumption.) One might wonder if the U.S. truly cares for the Venezuelan people, or merely their petroleum. The consistent U.S. foreign policy playbook, regardless of who occupies the White House, has involved weaponizing humanitarian aid, funding opposition groups, and enacting crippling sanctions—strategies
that conveniently benefit American energy conglomerates while devastating local economies. This isn't about 'balance of power;' it’s about power imbalances, meticulously orchestrated to ensure corporate profits over national sovereignty. The media's role? To make it all sound like foreign policy, rather than resource acquisition.