“It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from Epstein + skyrocketing healthcare costs,” she claimed in a social media publication.
The alternate take I’ve heard is to take Venezuela out of the oil market entierly thus driving up the price and propping up Russias economy for a bit longer.
No, Trump wants that money. He’ll be glad to sell it to Russia, perhaps even at a reduced rate, to help Russia’s economy, but he will not simply let it shut down.
The bigger issue is that apparently the infrastructure is old and decrepit, and needs major rehabilitation, but Trump is already inviting deals from American oil companies, so 2 or 3 of them will pay for the repairs, in exchange for exclusive rights.
But make no mistake, the bulk of the profits will go the Trump. He’s friends with the Saudis, and he wants the same lifestyle they have, and Venezuelan oil will give that to him.
We have to make sure he doesn’t get it.