Donald Trump imposed a naval blockade on Venezuela and admitted he wants to take its oil and give it to US corporations: "We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out, and we want it back".
It’s not about doing that. It’s all about the fact that he CAN, and that Miller and Hegseth and the rest of the Heritage Foundation sees the entirety of North and South America as potential vassal states at best and colonial plantations at worst.
Not sure they think that far ahead. Its also about throwing their weight around and showing the rest of south america that they’re not afraid to use the military against anyone who opposes them.
Does the US even have refinery capacity to make a cost difference for power customers like data centers
It’s not about doing that. It’s all about the fact that he CAN, and that Miller and Hegseth and the rest of the Heritage Foundation sees the entirety of North and South America as potential vassal states at best and colonial plantations at worst.
Not sure they think that far ahead. Its also about throwing their weight around and showing the rest of south america that they’re not afraid to use the military against anyone who opposes them.