Yeah, but no. The oil companies themselves have said it would take several years to bring everything up to date.
enjoythesilence-75 on
What? Not 2 weeks?
PatrickTheExplorer on
Wait wait wait. I thought this was about the drugs? What about the drugs?! /s
Aggressive-Cow8074 on
South America and the EU (among others) should refuse to participate in the World Cup.
They should also threaten to boycott the Olympics.
Seriously.
tacticalcraptical on
Sure, Mr. “I’ll End The War In Ukraine, Bring Down Grocery Prices, Have A New Healthcare Plan, Release The Epstein Files Day One” …we believe you, whatever you say.
TheBugDude on
Yea, the sun could not rise tomorrow too. But I bet it will, the same way I bet oil firms will infact not be “up and running” in 18 months. Venezuela didnt just pop up on the map, theres a reason why almost no American oil companies are extracting there in lieu of other places.
StaticSystemShock on
Drugs my ass. He’s talking non stop just about stealing Venezuelan oil. F this orange clown.
I could look at Leslie Nielsen playing American president in Scary Movie and it somehow seems more serious than literal real world America with Trump playing a president. America is a god damn actual meme at this point. It’s wild that we’re literally living in a timeline where this is actually happening…
adam_sky on
The internet is fascinating. Everyone knows trump lies, even his supporters. Yet every day there’s 20 posts about “Trump said this”, and every day there’s 3,000 comments from people saying “yeah no he’s lying” like yeah, no shit.
StrokeOfGrimdark on
So he’s admitting to colonising Venezuela?
mulligrubs on
People in suits are not to be trusted.
Ritz527 on
What oil company would want to go in to Venezuela without persistent US security guarantees that all of us will be on the hook for via taxes?
DramaticIsopod4741 on
Could be…it’ll take years and billions.
Voderama on
I can’t wait for US soldiers to die protecting them
Ilike3dogs on
Has anyone heard anything else about those drug boats? No? Huh. I guess we must’ve gotten them all then. /s
SpaceJackRabbit on
Who remembers when we were told Iraqi oil would pay for the war?
Strykerz3r0 on
And conservatives are completely fine with this.
But I guess once you are ok with children being raped by your president, there isn’t anything that you will object to.
danotech4 on
So in other words, oil companies put together this plan, and lobbied/threw money at Trump to help them enact it. You don’t just “come up with a plan” to industrialize another countries resources… this takes a lot of time and money.
OreoZen on
Thought it would be 2 weeks
maporita on
If Trump had bothered to talk to the CEOs of the major oil companies first he would have learned that they don’t really want to invest in Venezuelan crude extraction. The world is awash with oil and global consumption is expected to peak by 2030. What the majors want is oil that is cheap and low risk. Venezuelan oil is neither.
It seems that Trump went into Venezuela with no clear idea of what to do next.
No_Patience2428 on
Trump is a homicidal sociopath who thinks they are right about everything and ignores anything otherwise. We are doomed if nothing changes soon.
ZsMann on
And which US oil firms would that be? The majors that pulled out of Venezuela years ago and built infrastructure in Canada? The ones who if production increased in Venezuela would lose them more money from production in Canada?
Kind-Objective9513 on
Yeh, sure…..
Evee862 on
So not two weeks?
whatsgoingon350 on
So Venezuela didn’t have drugs?
Nothing like sacrificing and putting American lifes in danger so that he can help oil companies make more money.
xpda on
It’s disgusting to see the Republican congress sit back and approve this behavior. If Trump decides to launch a nuke or two, I expect they’ll go right along with it.
SomeSamples on
And we could have fusion power generation in 18 months. But saying it, doesn’t mean it will happen.
UrineArtist on
Venezuela is a country of 30 million people, kidnapping the arsehole in charge of it doesn’t magically make you it’s ruler anymore than if I kidnapped Trump it would magically make me Emperor of America.
Antares42 on
Funny. That’s also roughly what the Wehrmacht estimated about the oil fields in Baku.
Howwouldiknow1492 on
It’s going to be interesting to see how American oil companies react to this situation. They got burned once when Venezuela nationalized their assets there. Now, who owns what? Is the federal government going to guarantee their new investments there? Getting those fields up and running isn’t going to be trivial.
And what happens when Trump and his cabal are no longer in power? Is the US going to try to make amends to the rest of the world and give all this stuff back?
Blueskyminer on
Trump definitely doesn’t understand any of the issues involved in repairing and modernizing Venezuela’s oil infrastructure.
He’s a liar and a fucking moron.
thirty7inarow on
Any US oil company doing business in Venezuela should be subject to international sanctions.
Truthisnotallowed on
They are not U.S. firms – the United States does not own them, nor would the United States receive any of the profits from them.
Trump is using our tax dollars to pay for his gift to the oil companies that financed his political campaigns.
gertiesgushingash on
the orange moron said that veterans were suckers and losers. yet here we are.
Euclidisthebomb on
Trump is full of shit.
The_Mammoth_Hunter on
“Trump claims…”
Trump says a lot of stupid shit. Trump claimed he could resolve the Russia/Ukraine war in 24 hours and here we are. That’s just for starters.
EatingTheDogsAndCats on
Wait.. it wasn’t about freeing Venezuelans and stopping drugs?
Old-n-Wrinkly on
He’s living on another planet.
The major US oil companies don’t even want to show up. Even if they did, 18 months is ridiculous. Try ten years. Even then, the world currently has a glut of oil.
Even then, fossil fuels are not going to increase in demand, they’re out of date. The world’s moving on to clean energy, 1965 is only alive in his head.
Also he looked like he was fighting to stay conscious in that press conference. Time for private nap time, SIR. What are they putting in those IVs?
Cute_Ad_9730 on
So blatant invasion of sovereign countries for profit is now acceptable to the USA. It’s far past the time where the rest of the world who retain some kind of sanity start to isolate and sanction the USA who are now blatantly a criminal aggressor. Diplomacy is obviously beyond influencing the grifting idiot that is Trump.
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No wounder countries want nukes
Nothing he says is anchored in reality.
Yeah, but no. The oil companies themselves have said it would take several years to bring everything up to date.
What? Not 2 weeks?
Wait wait wait. I thought this was about the drugs? What about the drugs?! /s
South America and the EU (among others) should refuse to participate in the World Cup.
They should also threaten to boycott the Olympics.
Seriously.
Sure, Mr. “I’ll End The War In Ukraine, Bring Down Grocery Prices, Have A New Healthcare Plan, Release The Epstein Files Day One” …we believe you, whatever you say.
Yea, the sun could not rise tomorrow too. But I bet it will, the same way I bet oil firms will infact not be “up and running” in 18 months. Venezuela didnt just pop up on the map, theres a reason why almost no American oil companies are extracting there in lieu of other places.
Drugs my ass. He’s talking non stop just about stealing Venezuelan oil. F this orange clown.
I could look at Leslie Nielsen playing American president in Scary Movie and it somehow seems more serious than literal real world America with Trump playing a president. America is a god damn actual meme at this point. It’s wild that we’re literally living in a timeline where this is actually happening…
The internet is fascinating. Everyone knows trump lies, even his supporters. Yet every day there’s 20 posts about “Trump said this”, and every day there’s 3,000 comments from people saying “yeah no he’s lying” like yeah, no shit.
So he’s admitting to colonising Venezuela?
People in suits are not to be trusted.
What oil company would want to go in to Venezuela without persistent US security guarantees that all of us will be on the hook for via taxes?
Could be…it’ll take years and billions.
I can’t wait for US soldiers to die protecting them
Has anyone heard anything else about those drug boats? No? Huh. I guess we must’ve gotten them all then. /s
Who remembers when we were told Iraqi oil would pay for the war?
And conservatives are completely fine with this.
But I guess once you are ok with children being raped by your president, there isn’t anything that you will object to.
So in other words, oil companies put together this plan, and lobbied/threw money at Trump to help them enact it. You don’t just “come up with a plan” to industrialize another countries resources… this takes a lot of time and money.
Thought it would be 2 weeks
If Trump had bothered to talk to the CEOs of the major oil companies first he would have learned that they don’t really want to invest in Venezuelan crude extraction. The world is awash with oil and global consumption is expected to peak by 2030. What the majors want is oil that is cheap and low risk. Venezuelan oil is neither.
It seems that Trump went into Venezuela with no clear idea of what to do next.
Trump is a homicidal sociopath who thinks they are right about everything and ignores anything otherwise. We are doomed if nothing changes soon.
And which US oil firms would that be? The majors that pulled out of Venezuela years ago and built infrastructure in Canada? The ones who if production increased in Venezuela would lose them more money from production in Canada?
Yeh, sure…..
So not two weeks?
So Venezuela didn’t have drugs?
Nothing like sacrificing and putting American lifes in danger so that he can help oil companies make more money.
It’s disgusting to see the Republican congress sit back and approve this behavior. If Trump decides to launch a nuke or two, I expect they’ll go right along with it.
And we could have fusion power generation in 18 months. But saying it, doesn’t mean it will happen.
Venezuela is a country of 30 million people, kidnapping the arsehole in charge of it doesn’t magically make you it’s ruler anymore than if I kidnapped Trump it would magically make me Emperor of America.
Funny. That’s also roughly what the Wehrmacht estimated about the oil fields in Baku.
It’s going to be interesting to see how American oil companies react to this situation. They got burned once when Venezuela nationalized their assets there. Now, who owns what? Is the federal government going to guarantee their new investments there? Getting those fields up and running isn’t going to be trivial.
And what happens when Trump and his cabal are no longer in power? Is the US going to try to make amends to the rest of the world and give all this stuff back?
Trump definitely doesn’t understand any of the issues involved in repairing and modernizing Venezuela’s oil infrastructure.
He’s a liar and a fucking moron.
Any US oil company doing business in Venezuela should be subject to international sanctions.
They are not U.S. firms – the United States does not own them, nor would the United States receive any of the profits from them.
Trump is using our tax dollars to pay for his gift to the oil companies that financed his political campaigns.
the orange moron said that veterans were suckers and losers. yet here we are.
Trump is full of shit.
“Trump claims…”
Trump says a lot of stupid shit. Trump claimed he could resolve the Russia/Ukraine war in 24 hours and here we are. That’s just for starters.
Wait.. it wasn’t about freeing Venezuelans and stopping drugs?
He’s living on another planet.
The major US oil companies don’t even want to show up. Even if they did, 18 months is ridiculous. Try ten years. Even then, the world currently has a glut of oil.
Even then, fossil fuels are not going to increase in demand, they’re out of date. The world’s moving on to clean energy, 1965 is only alive in his head.
Also he looked like he was fighting to stay conscious in that press conference. Time for private nap time, SIR. What are they putting in those IVs?
So blatant invasion of sovereign countries for profit is now acceptable to the USA. It’s far past the time where the rest of the world who retain some kind of sanity start to isolate and sanction the USA who are now blatantly a criminal aggressor. Diplomacy is obviously beyond influencing the grifting idiot that is Trump.