Trump Breaks a Lot of American Traditions. He’s Keeping This Awful One.

The Slatest He’s not even pretending anymore. Aug 31, 20265:39 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images and Jesus Vargas/Getty Images. This story is adapted from the Slatest newsletter. You can sign up here to get it in your inbox every day. On Friday, Donald Trump announced an agreement that would effectively let the U.S. take over a chunk of Venezuela’s oil reserves. The move, which the president called “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY,” is a particularly brazen resource grab from a nation he now effectively controls. Here’s what you need to know. Slow down! What’s the backstory here? Trump may have been angling to take Venezuelan oil from the start. Last year, he dispatched U.S. warships to the Caribbean, allegedly to disrupt drug trafficking o