Trump Wants Venezuelan Oil, Media Wonders Why Big Oil Isn't Salivating
When Donald Trump muses about Venezuelan oil, the mainstream media, like The Guardian, frets over logistics and 'cheaper' procurement. They conveniently forget the United States' long, documented history of installing and destabilizing governments across Latin America for resource control—a history that Venezuela, under Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, actively defied. This isn't about
'convenience'; it’s about control. One might wonder if the concern for 'safer, easier, and cheaper' oil is merely a sanitized euphemism for geopolitical dominance. Every time a U.S. president eyes foreign resources, the question isn't 'will Big Oil rush in?', but rather, 'which sovereign nation's stability is about to be 'democratized' next for our economic benefit?' The Guardian’s focus on market
forces rather than historical context sounds less like journalism and more like an economic forecast that deliberately ignores the imperial weather patterns.