Opinion: There’s Nothing Slick About Trump’s Venezuela Oil Grab

JIM WATSON / Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images This column is being republished with permission from its original home on Substack. To read the piece in full, as well as to enjoy more geopolitical insight and analysis, subscribe to Need to Know by David Rothkopf. President Trump is boasting that he has concluded a great “deal” with Venezuela that would refill our depleted strategic petroleum reserves, reduce gas prices, and produce a long-lasting boon to America. As with all such Trump…