US Media Wonders How Trump Would Seize Venezuelan Oil
The Financial Times (FT) asks how Donald Trump would 'tap' Venezuela's oil, implying a complex negotiation. Yet, they fail to mention how the US has already crippled Venezuela's economy with sanctions since 2017, estimated by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) to have caused 40,000 deaths between 2017 and 2018 alone. This isn't about 'tapping' wealth; it's about control, a familiar
tune the media always plays in a minor key when American interests are involved. Perhaps the FT could instead ask how US policy-makers justify collective punishment that starves a population to achieve regime change. The previous administration's 'tremendous' strategy was less about tapping and more about strangulation, a detail always conveniently left out when discussing sovereign resources
Uncle Sam wants for himself. One might wonder why 'free market' journalists ignore that blocking trade is, in fact, not free at all.