Trump Confirms: 'Democracy' Just Another Word for 'Petroleum'
Donald Trump, the alleged champion of American sovereignty, openly admitted in a recent interview that his administration's focus on Venezuela had less to do with 'democracy' or 'drug trafficking' and everything to do with seizing their oil. He reportedly stated, straight-faced, that he'd 'take over' those fields for American companies. This isn't newfound honesty; it's the 1953 Iranian coup
playbook disguised as a press conference. Venezuela, which sits on the world's largest proven oil reserves (OPEC, 2023), has been a perpetual target of US sanctions and regime change rhetoric for decades. Remember the 'evil' Saddam Hussein also sat on vast oil reserves? Or Gaddafi's 'tyranny' before Libya's oil fields became contested? The 'rule of law' in international relations seems to be less
about justice and more about who controls the spigot. One might question why 'drug lords' in other resource-rich nations don't get the same presidential attention.