Dutch Uncle
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Because nothing spells profits like guerrilla warfare?
ExxonMobil CEO tells Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestible,’ despite Trump’s plans to rebuild its energy infrastructure
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Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
It appears that only the MAGA morons care about the validity of their MAGA cards. Those with money know which way the wind is blowing.
The world has taken a hard turn away from the colonialism of imperial empires.....something Trump clearly knows nothing about.
Beijing and Moscow have the cash to ride out the upcoming global economic collapse. Trump can invade as many countries as he wants but it will take at least a decade to see a profit. Search 1931 Midwest food riots. History always repeats itself.
It is way worse than that.....increasingly America is seen as patient zero.....can not be helped.....refuses to learn.....the only thing to do is stay as far away and as disconnected from America as possible as we collapse.
And hope humanity can get through this without nuclear WW3.....which is not looking good.
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We lived long enough to see the end of empire. I know nukes will be used but I don't know how many.
I have recently been calling it the British/America empire.....the British Empire and the American empire look like two phases of the same thing.....and through the london banks and Mi6 the Brits are even now very active in Empire.
This has been a 500 year run, and it is over.....we are dead empire walking.
Our grandkids are screwed. No one to blame but ourselves. Complacency is complicity.
Crepitus
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Likely very true.
If you want to hear some scary shit go listen to what the teachers say is going on in the schools today....our youth are completely unprepared for life.....I think purposefully so.
serendipity
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Agreed!
How Trump’s Oily Dreams May Collapse in a Venezuelan Dark Pit
Pepe Escobar • January 8, 2026
So the Big Oil Picture in Venezuela is way more complex than the Trump 2.0 gang suspects.
Let’s start with neo-Caligula’s new edicts on the imperial satrapy he says he now owns; not exactly edicts but outright threats directed to interim President Delcy Rodriguez:
Neo-Caligula, in a separate motormouth offensive, also clarified that he wants to somewhat overhaul the oil business in Venezuela via subsidies. It “could take less than 18 months”; then it morphed to “we can do it in less time than that, but it’ll be a lot of money”; and finally morphed to “a tremendous amount of money will have to be spent and the oil companies will spend it.”
No, they won’t, as several proverbial “industry insiders” have advanced. US energy majors balk at the sight of investing fortunes in a nation that may be engulfed by total chaos if neo-Caligula forces a traitorous government over 28 million people.
According to Rystad Energy Analysis, it would take no less than 16 years and at least $183 billion for Venezuela to produce a mere 3 million barrels of oil a day.
Pepe Escobar • January 8, 2026
So the Big Oil Picture in Venezuela is way more complex than the Trump 2.0 gang suspects.
Let’s start with neo-Caligula’s new edicts on the imperial satrapy he says he now owns; not exactly edicts but outright threats directed to interim President Delcy Rodriguez:
- Crack down on “drug trafficking flows”. Well, this should actually be directed to Colombian and Mexican smugglers in cahoots with big American buyers.
- Expel Iranian, Cuban, and other “operatives hostile to Washington” – before Caracas is allowed to increase oil production. Not happening.
- Halt oil sales to “US adversaries”. Not happening.
Neo-Caligula, in a separate motormouth offensive, also clarified that he wants to somewhat overhaul the oil business in Venezuela via subsidies. It “could take less than 18 months”; then it morphed to “we can do it in less time than that, but it’ll be a lot of money”; and finally morphed to “a tremendous amount of money will have to be spent and the oil companies will spend it.”
No, they won’t, as several proverbial “industry insiders” have advanced. US energy majors balk at the sight of investing fortunes in a nation that may be engulfed by total chaos if neo-Caligula forces a traitorous government over 28 million people.
According to Rystad Energy Analysis, it would take no less than 16 years and at least $183 billion for Venezuela to produce a mere 3 million barrels of oil a day.
How Trump’s oily dreams may collapse in a Venezuelan dark pit
So the Big Oil Picture in Venezuela is way more complex than the Trump 2.0 gang suspects. Let’s start with neo-Caligula’s new edicts on the imperial satrapy he says he now owns; not exactly edicts but outright threats directed to interim President Delcy Rodriguez: Crack down on “drug trafficking...
www.unz.com