Trump to Big Oil: "Please loot Venezuela for me" 🙏 Big Oil to Trump: "Nah, We're good"
https://x.com/StarboySAR/status/2009879546401828899
Trump to Big Oil: "Please loot Venezuela for me" 
Big Oil to Trump: "Nah, We're good"
A hilarious scene unfolded in the White House. The president, promising "total security," tried to rally oil execs for a Venezuela investment blitz. The response? A masterclass in capitalist realism
Why the skepticism?
For years, Washington weaponized sanctions to strangle Venezuela’s oil industry (you know, “humanitarian concern” my ass)—freezing assets, blacklisting companies, and making it impossible to invest without getting on Uncle Sam’s bad side. Now Trump’s like “Oops, never mind! Come spend billions!”
ExxonMobil's CEO didn't mince words: Venezuela is "uninvestible." Not because of sanctions they once cheered for, but due to a lack of "legal and commercial frameworks." The same cowboys who drilled in Iraq's war zones now want "stability guarantees" from a country the US sanctioned into the ground. Because this time the regime-change project is too messy, even for pirates!
Woods from Exxon wasn't wrong—legal frameworks don't exist. And there is a reason for it: they don't exist because Washington keeps ripping them up whenever Caracas elects the "wrong" leader
Trump's Security Guarantee Mirage
Executives demanded ironclad security guarantees. Trump offered vibes. They worried deals wouldn't survive the next election—his or Venezuela's. This reveals the fatal flaw of Trump's imperial plunder: it requires permanent, costly occupation and boots on the ground. Something the American public is weary of...
Trump's team desperately tries to sell a $100 billion fantasy
The reality? Only Chevron is there, and it needs "permissions" just to modestly boost output. The grandiose vision collapses upon contact with reality—a metaphor for the American late-stage hegemony
Now comes the part Western media won't touch: While Trump was getting ghosted by his own tycoons, Chinese firms never left.
CNPC maintained operations. Belt & Road infrastructure kept humming. Payments-in-oil continued. No regime-change demands. No PLA battalions guard oil fields. No "democracy" sermons. Just: "We signed a contract, we honor it"
Investments are structured through sovereign agreements, not imposed by gunboats. Stability comes from development, not regime change—That's the win-win multipolar model!
The real signal here isn't about oil—it's about credibility collapse
The oil execs' skepticism isn't a moral awakening. It's a cold cost-benefit analysis—When your own oil oligarchs, who've profited from every US war, won't touch your "reconstruction" plan? That's not a business decision. That's a vote of no confidence in American longevity.
They're asking the quiet part loud: "What happens when your protection racket folds?"
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/09/pol
posted by Satish Sharma at
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