Donald Trump has said he might block ExxonMobil from investing in Venezuela after the oil company’s chief executive called the country “uninvestable” during a White House meeting last week.
Darren Woods told the US president that Venezuela would need to change its laws before it could be an attractive investment opportunity, during the high-profile meeting on Friday with at least 17 other oil executives.
Woods’ sceptical remarks quickly emerged as the dominant headline, undercutting the White House’s hopes of building momentum from its engagement with the world’s most prominent oil executives.
"I didn’t like Exxon’s response,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on his way back to Washington on Sunday. “I’ll probably be inclined to keep Exxon out. I didn’t like their response. They’re playing too cute.”
Exxon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“How dare you distract from distraction!! Now people will start talking about all those child rapes I did with my best friend Jeffery Epstein again!!!”
It’s wild that people still think that the Trump administration’s brazen steps towards world domination are a distraction from the Epstein files.
If anything the Epstein files are the distraction. Even if he’s implicated in them, nothing will happen to him. Just like nothing happened to him when he led a violent insurrection, stole classified documents, etc.