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.
Mamdami is absolutely a template for how progressives can win nation wide. But the key is to treat it is as a toolkit, not something to be copy-and-pasted exactly. Mamdami wouldn’t win in, say, Idaho, but there are people who can. They just have to keep hammering on the shit that matters to the average voter.
Biden and Kamala sank because they promised to keep doing exactly the same shit they’d been doing for the last four years, while refusing to acknowledge how much worse the average person’s quality of life had gotten over the last four years. Mamdami won because he focused, hard on cost of living issues. Make that your core message and people will flock to you. Healthcare and groceries. That’s what it’s all about right now.