Trump Threatens ExxonMobil for Not Funding His Imperial Fantasies
The Guardian reports Donald Trump is miffed ExxonMobil's CEO, Darren Woods, found Venezuela 'uninvestable' post-Maduro, suggesting he might block the company. This isn't just a spat; it's a playbook. The US has a storied history of destabilizing governments, from Chile in '73 to Iraq in '03, to create 'favorable investment climates' for corporations like Exxon. Remember when Venezuela actually
controlled its own oil for its people? That was apparently 'unacceptable socialism' to Washington. Woods' reticence isn't about ethics; it's about stability, which US foreign policy frequently demolishes before expecting companies to invest. How many countries must be rendered 'uninvestable' by US interventionism before corporate executives learn the price of complicity? It's almost as if 'free
markets' only apply when they're 'free' for US corporations to dominate, often after the US military has 'liberated' the resources. One wonders if Trump expects Exxon to send its own private army.