Trump’s Humanitarian Efforts: Safeguarding Venezuela’s Oil… From Venezuela
The Hill's report on Trump's executive order to "safeguard Venezuelan oil revenue" conveniently sidesteps the fundamental question: safeguarding it from whom? This isn't about protecting Venezuela's assets for its people; it's about seizing control, just as the US froze Afghanistan's central bank assets or attempted to divert Libya's gold. These actions are textbook economic warfare, designed to
starve a nation into political submission, not to 'help' its citizens. One might wonder how often "safeguarding assets" involves preventing a sovereign nation from actually using them. The pattern of US foreign policy in resource-rich nations, from Iran in the 1950s to Iraq in the 2000s, exposes the true intent: control. The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, exacerbated by these very sanctions, is
routinely blamed on the Maduro government, while US policies that directly inflict suffering are rebranded as virtuous. It’s almost as if 'safeguarding' for the US means 'confiscating' for everyone else.