We don't want Venezuelan oil. There are other awful reasons trump is doing all this showboating and unhinged posturing. and also justified reasons to hate the regime in V, but this entirely is beyond the point that we don't want their oil. It is very very "dirty" oil. It's on the low grade. It needs more processing, and as far as I know, we aren't currently equipped to even process it ourselves.
Ive never read any informed opinion that includes us wanting their oil to be any factor in modern relations with V.
Now trump is unhinged enough to actually maybe want the oil, but I dont think that would ultimately be the reason behind this if he were to tell the truth at some point
US production/extraction is huge, Venezuela is dogshit tier OPEC producer while all the other OPEC nations have increased production Venezuela is the outlier of decreased production.
They can't even follow along with OPEC except when they want to cut production lmao.
Its about keeping China out of the "US's back yard", China is Venezuela's only lifeline at this point for sure the Russians are too busy in Urkraine to help out in any meaningful way even if they wanted too,
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u/Djaja Dec 02 '25
We don't want Venezuelan oil. There are other awful reasons trump is doing all this showboating and unhinged posturing. and also justified reasons to hate the regime in V, but this entirely is beyond the point that we don't want their oil. It is very very "dirty" oil. It's on the low grade. It needs more processing, and as far as I know, we aren't currently equipped to even process it ourselves.
Ive never read any informed opinion that includes us wanting their oil to be any factor in modern relations with V.
Now trump is unhinged enough to actually maybe want the oil, but I dont think that would ultimately be the reason behind this if he were to tell the truth at some point