Donald Trump has said he might block ExxonMobil from investing in Venezuela after the oil company’s chief executive called the country “uninvestable” during a White House meeting last week.
Darren Woods told the US president that Venezuela would need to change its laws before it could be an attractive investment opportunity, during the high-profile meeting on Friday with at least 17 other oil executives.
Woods’ sceptical remarks quickly emerged as the dominant headline, undercutting the White House’s hopes of building momentum from its engagement with the world’s most prominent oil executives.
"I didn’t like Exxon’s response,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on his way back to Washington on Sunday. “I’ll probably be inclined to keep Exxon out. I didn’t like their response. They’re playing too cute.”
Exxon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Love how the media is just accepting that kidnapping a world leader means you own the place, now we’re just worried about logistics and investment
They say it’s uninvestible, meaning they werent gonna go in there anyway. Blocking them ain’t the flex you think it is ya dumb orange bastard.
That’s the correct response from a leader. If someone disagrees with you, penalize them. It’s only fair. /s
Trump has the baton of a 6 year old bully
Trump watches Landman and obviously knows better than ExxonMobil.
For oil companies that help steal Venezuelan resources, I’d like to say I’ll join the boycott …. But I already drive an EV and all the other products generated from that do not have a clear line back to them
“I’m not showing up to your party.”
“Well fuck you, I’m not inviting you then!”
OK?
Seriously, Americans, how the fuck did this guy win two elections? Please make it make sense.
He’s basically an amalgamation of all the worst qualities of the average American. He represents more Americans than he doesn’t. This is something we Americans need to come to terms with since a lot of us are in denial about that.
yup, it really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone truly familiar with america as a whole, anyone not stuck in a bubble.
dumb as shit and the only reason for relevance is his daddy’s name, yet completely convinced of his own superiority. that shit is about as universal as it gets in america. and it’s the perfect setup to run a puppet government
the extra funny/sad part is that all it would take for dems or anyone else to beat em is just…be authentic, for once in their miserable lives. that’s literally all it takes, but these coastal elites who have been trained their whole lives to be career politicians are completely incapable of that because they’re barely human anymore.
had kamala stuck to her “free universal healthcare” shtick instead of flip-flopping immediately once her campaign advisors told her that was polling bad with their donors, she would have won.
americans were promised “hope and change” by Obama and all they got was more corporate kickbacks and pointless wars, establishment politicians seem convinced things can still “return to normal” (ie. unsustainable ratfucking) when trump is gone which is why they’re doing the absolute minimum to stop him and co. now
personally…i think shit goes from bad to much worse when/if he croaks mid term.
Well said. The establishment learned nothing.
Maybe the mold will be broken I suspect false vote rigging indictments coming on dems fall 2027 in the lead up to the presidential election.
Might be able to retake it in the succession fight, but not with newsome running as status quo. Even if they did squeak a win past r cheating, denial, they would do nothing with it, be unpopular, hand it right back.
As if keeping things from getting as bad was acceptable, we need a New Deal.
Either we give it to them, or fake populist fascists will.
i do allow myself a smidge of optimism, with mamdani winning NYC’s mayoral election.
if an open and honest socialist can win major seat in the most crooked/establishment heart of america, then progressives can win any seat in the country.
these coastal elites who have been trained their whole lives to be career politicians are completely incapable of that because they’re barely human anymore.
Do they also have ivory towers?
81% of the population lives in coastal states. Are you saying inland politicians are more authentic? Or are you playing the classic Republican spiel that them city folk are the cause of all the problems? Because I haven’t seen any evidence to back either claim.
…the US doesn’t have proportional representation for presidential elections, nor for the House in most states considering how gerrymandered everyt is, so it doesn’t matter where most of the people live.
until it does, how rural america sees you is all that matters. you want to win battleground states, you have to atleast be able to pretend to be an actual person.
doesn’t matter what your positions are, becaude most US voters are just selfish anyway, be a complete piece of shit long as you come off as a “real” piece of shit.
She didn’t really flip flop. She had a working plan to take steps toward universal healthcare/Medicare for all that acknowledged the political realities of instituting such a system with republican pushback, but the Dems genuinely do suck ass at messaging so that got lost in the sauce. Her platform never really shifted throughout the campaign, just the PR. Which yeah was a bad move but the fix was already in anyway.
You are pretending you do not know how politics is played, and excusing the dems refusal to play it, to be popular, to offer reform.
To LEAD the party. If 2024 did not wake you up nothing will. You will forever be a de facto tool of the rw preventing a party that can unseat these republicans.
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Says the guy emulating him.
Behold, the American in denial. I bet you vote third party too.
The only viable opposition party is deeply corrupt and doesn’t know how to campaign anymore
Americans, how the fuck did this guy win two elections?
This guy is the quintessential american. If you take the average of all United States residents, this is exactly what pops out. Its not surprising at all.
Well, no
You just have to scrape the grease traps of the southern states, and roll that average american together. Most Americans hate these turds
dumb as shit, completely convinced of his own superiority, and his only reason for relevance is his family name. that shit is relatable as fuck to rich/poor alike.
sprinkle in a bit of racism, an incredibly under-educated population, and an extensive propaganda machine and it should be no surprise he wins…mostly just from coming off as “authentic”.
his polling was worse when he read from scripts, him going off script on completely batshit insane tangents made him “real” instead of just another career ratfuck politician
and of course the real kicker…most americans are short-sighted and greedy as fuck (which also makes trump relatable) and will just vote for whoever promises them the most $
If you are brave enough watch fox news and it might explain why. The facts run scared, the conspiracy theories are king, and hate grows on trees.
Grandma and grandpa didn’t die fast enough.
Bullshit, Trump won the young votes too.
It was the young vote that did it sadly.
Yay pod casts.
Thanks Joe Rogan!
This is how much enough Americans don’t trust women in leadership roles. They’ll make all sorts of excuses to explain it away, but at the heart, they just don’t like women.
God I hate this reductive take. Yeah, it played a part in it (especially in 2016) but it wasn’t THE reason Trump won. And any time this is brought up, nobody talks about how many votes they DID get for being women.
Both nominations were forced on us…two establishment Democrats when the country needs change. They’d be unpopular candidates if they were men, too. Hell, I’m starting to believe they were chosen because Democrats wanted to have “sexism” in their back pocket as a scapegoat.
There were no good reasons not to vote for them but pinning it all on sexism is such a cop out. I’d say Democrats need to take some damn responsibility but lord knows the ones in power benefit from a Trump presidency, too.
“Is it our platform and inaction on the face of fascism what makes people not like us? No, it must be sexism!”
Note that I said “enough” voters. Of course it’s not the only reason, but considering an incredibly boring and too-old candidate in Joe Biden beat him while two qualified women lost to him (especially the second time where we knew what we were signing up for), I think it has to be taken into account.
It was such a minor factor both losses but it’s the #1 thing that constantly gets brought up when either election is discussed. A woman running a good campaign would have won but both Clinton and Harris sucked.
Election interference had a significantly bigger impact than the gender of either candidate but we’ve just stopped talking about that for some reason.
Genocide is a good reason not to vote for someone. 🤷🏼♂️
Oh look, it’s one of the actual reasons Harris didn’t win!
No, not her support of Israel. A moronic voter who decided genocide and a ruined economy under Trump is preferable a genocide and mild progress under Harris.
That is, of course, assuming you’re actually a citizen. Foreign misinformation campaigns were a huge part of last few elections.
Keep telling yourself that. Moral abstainers make up an unbelievably small percentage of Dem voters. Event if everyone who voted third party or abstained because of genocide support had actually voted for Kamala, she still would have lost.
No, I blame all of you who were content to let the Dems force a status quo candidate on us while quashing progressive movements. If y’all actually had some balls and held your politicians to account, maybe you could have shifted your candidate’s position on genocide or made space for an actual progressive.
Instead, you were all focused on your fears of Daddy coming home and beating everyone with his belt.
So now we get the worst of both worlds. Trump is thrashing American, and there is no effective opposition, because you all voted for no effective opposition.
I said ONE OF the reasons, not THE reason. A MAJOR reasons was the social media campaigns, many of which focused on Harris supporting Israel.
You blame me for something I had no part in. I supported Sanders in the 2016 primary and we didn’t even GET a primary last year. I also didn’t vote for traitorous senator who won in my state.
But it’s MY fault Trump won, huh? Moreso than the person who fell for the disinformation campaigns and got hung up on an atrocity both assholes support?
yup, anyone not stuck in a bubble and being honest with themselves knows exactly when/why kamala lost.
even with being forced on america she still could have won…but she flip-flopped on universal healthcare immediately
as soon as that happens 99% of voters go “oh…yup, just another lying career politician who doesn’t really believe in anything, they’ll just do whatever their
donorsbribes tell em to”republicans are atleast honest in their greed, you can predict with 100% certainty what they’re going to do. just plan for maximum pain/cruelty and you can check out of politics completely for the next 4 years. dems though? dems win and you got to actually pay attention, they’re much better liers. voting for the bad lier is just good business
Congratulations, you made the genocide worse! Truly, your moral superiority matches your intellect.
israel would still be leveling apartment blocs and starving babies to death under kamala, lets be real
the only difference is maybe ukraine would get some proper fucking support and we’d only have 1 pointless war instead of 2
but come on…our government works for israel first america second, has for decades at this point
The US would be pushing back against Israeli use of force like the Dems generally have consistently been doing instead of actively giving the all clear and cheering on the accelerated total destruction of Gaza which is exactly what Trump fucking said he’d do. Which anyone who wasn’t a fucking idiot or Russian propagandist knew.
lol, sure. couple strongly worded letters and Net would level a hospital just to remind dems who holds their lease.
Exxon doesn’t want to invest… So trump will block them from investing if they don’t comply. Art of the deal, folks.
Wow im so tired of winning
MAGA faithful will shortly be claiming Trump to be an oil expert. We add this to his other specialisms, including, but not limited to climatologist, genetacist, economist, peace-priziest etc. For some reason, perhaps humility, they play down Racist and Fascist.
In other words, guarantee my investment, and the only way MAGA can do that is with a complete takeover and full control of the country.
Given the widespread support for the Bolivaran revolution in Venezuela, MAGA is going to have a hard time gaining full control.
Venezuela is one of those countries where a guerilla insurgency could tie up the American military for years, when they’ll finally get out after accomplishing nothing but shifting trillions of tax dollars to the military-industrial complex.
So, the system working as intended then.
That’s not even a guarantee. We’re going to do our best to return Venezuela to Venezuela’s control as soon as Trump is gone, I’m sure. And I suspect that government will be disinclined to honor agreements made at the barrel of a gun.
Exxon was just holding out for the us to underwrite loans for the investment there I suspect. Prez probably will as extracting money from the federal government is their primary mission in life, for congress as well, in both parties.
The us will shell out benefits for oil companies to make a killing for no benefit to the us citizens paying for it. Exxon and their investors pay less tax than we do.
Then resistance to foreigners stealing oil and polluting will lead to guerillas and the de facto government, the generals that gave up maduro and stood down on hitting us helicoptors, (no question, the us would not have tried that mission without that agrrement helicoptors are vulnerable to multiple weapons that mobilized ven. had at the ready at one of their most protected sites. Truck mounted machine guns, rpg’s, manpads, other shoulder fired russian anti made weapons, etc.) will stamp it out, making paramilitaries to do the collective punishment type death squads through villages around unrest that will be financed through cia fronts in the drug and weapons black markets.
Exxon likely forsees all of that and the liabilities it would bring. The US will likely have to pay them, they kickback to leaders, oil makes them money eventually, with no benefit to us taxpayers or venezuelans, and indeed repression.
Jesus fuck you people and your both sides. Shit is disingenuous and carries water for maga. Fucking without fail every bitch bringing up both sides is either a Russian propagandist or a MAGAt with some shame. And it always reads like copy paste from a gpt because none of y’all can think for yourselves. So. Which are you? Or you just stupid enough to actually think both sides are the same?
Thank you
Both sides primarily serve rich people at the expense of working people, and both sides support genocide abroad, but the Dems don’t want to kill gay people, so they are totally different.
Oil majors want subsidies, loan guarentees. Congress will give it to them.
Your ad hominems are clearly a weak lazy attempt to derail my point for other reasons. Those making such unfounded emotional allegations are themselves the ones guiltu of those things in my experience.
Since reason is not on your side, to curtail discussion of some subject, like the us having performed a military coup not what we are shown, and how it will play out, I suspect is what you are tryimg to quiet by yelling libels. A tactic the president and his party no doubt taught you, their disciple, busy snitch jacketing for those leaders that have nothing but contempt for you, and are actively lowering your standard of living. Both the r’s and the d’s on that one as well as borrowing trillions at every opportunity being their raison de etre. It is pathetic.
Did you ask the LLM to add spelling mistakes? Because it over did it.
Lazy ad hominems. I hope you are getting paid because we would know the client’s money is being more wasted than not.
Cannot even say bootlicker as those you are trying to help are wearing italian leather. Never worn a real boot in their lives.
Nice guy Trump
