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.
I love how journalistic institutions are now framing the annexation of Greenland as “an option” for the administration in the most tepid analysis of potential “costs.” I mean, Associated press, what are you doing.
https://apnews.com/article/greenland-us-options-takeover-trump-denmark-86790903847fc8ffc27334ccb64985a9
No AP, you meant to say “Unhinged global superpower threatens world stability and possibly world-war with absurd expansionist goals for no fucking reason, US citizens blamed for being fucking dumbasses to let this pile of wood-shavings in a human skinsuit run the country. The cost of doing this would mean plunging the USA into fully being a third-world country with ICBM’s and the whole world needs to unite and remove this entire house of fools.”
I am souring on mainstream, respected news outlets, using timid, middle-of-the-road language talking about any of this. They are complicit in normalizing this entire destruction of the USA and our potential slide into disaster and suffering around the world because of irresponsible leadership.
What do you suppose their job is?