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   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
          
      
       The Ignominious Death of Drill, Baby, Drill   
      
       U.S. economic and foreign policy is now based on Trump’s crude   
       delusions   
      
       On Friday Donald Trump met with top energy executives to   
       discuss his plans for Venezuela. According to Politico,   
      
       The White House at the last minute shifted the meeting from a   
       closed-door session in the Cabinet Room to a live-televised   
       spectacle in the East Room.   
      
       The idea, presumably, was to show a chorus of business leaders   
       praising Trump and begging for a chance to participate in his   
       excellent adventure. But that’s not what happened. In fact,   
       the meeting was basically a debacle. None of the oil   
       executives were willing to make specific commitments to invest   
       in Venezuela, although some of them talked about possible   
       increases in Venezuelan production. Trump spent a substantial   
       part of the meeting talking about his ballroom project,   
       standing at the window and staring at it. He continued to talk   
       about his glorious ballroom even after returning to his seat.   
      
       That said, most of the executives were careful to sound   
       positive. Who wants to incur Trump’s wrath? But Darren Woods,   
       the CEO of ExxonMobil, blurted out the awkward truth — namely   
       that Venezuela is “uninvestable” under current conditions.   
      
       On Sunday evening Trump responded by saying that he was   
       “inclined” to block ExxonMobil from investing in Venezuela. “I   
       didn’t like their response.” What’s next? Will the Justice   
       Department find some excuse to open a criminal investigation   
       into Wood, the way it has against Jerome Powell?   
      
   When is Congress going to put a stop to this megalomaniacal   
   fool?   
      
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   unfair competition, n.:   
   	Selling cheaper than we do.   
      
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