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That’s a picture (above) of an actual Venezuelan oil field.
As I wrote the other day, I had a bit of a back and forth with my kids about Trump and their view that I would never give him credit for something good he did.
I told them even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
However, it’s not just that he is truly one of the bad actors in history.
He’s actually an idiot. From Politico (who I truly do not like to cite, but hey):
Venezuela is ‘uninvestible’ for now, Exxon CEO tells Trump in White House meeting
Trump said companies that invest in Venezuela would be assured “total safety, total security.”
The head of U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil on Friday told President Donald Trump that Venezuela is “uninvestible” under current conditions, saying major changes were needed before his company would return to the country that has seen its crude oil resources sink into disrepair.
The comments by Exxon CEO Darren Woods were a blow to Trump’s hopes that American oil majors would move quickly to make big investments in Venezuela — and cast doubt on the president’s insistence that U.S. companies are prepared to spend $100 billion or more.
“If we look at the legal and commercial constructs and frameworks in place today in Venezuela today, it’s uninvestable,” Woods told Trump in a White House meeting packed with fellow oil and gas executives. “Significant changes have to be made to those commercial frameworks, the legal system. There has to be durable investment protections, and there has to be a change to the hydrocarbon laws in the country.”
Duh.
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