Trump 'inclined' to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after CEO wouldn't kiss his oversized ass

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he is “inclined” to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive was skeptical about oil investment efforts in the country after the toppling of former President Nicolás Maduro.

“I didn’t like Exxon’s response,” Trump said to reporters on Air Force One as he departed West Palm Beach, Florida. “They’re playing too cute.”

During a meeting Friday with oil executives, Trump tried to assuage the concerns of the companies and said they would be dealing directly with the U.S., rather than the Venezuelan government.

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“If we look at the commercial constructs and frameworks in place today in Venezuela, today it’s uninvestable,” said Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil, the largest U.S. oil company.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-inclined-keep-exxonmobil-venezuela-004509652.html

[newdeal2]

1. I'm sure the CEO is relieved

He won’t have to attend anymore North Korean-style asskissing meetings at the White House and his Company won’t lose money.

[ananda]

3. I don't think any of them want this anyway.

I bet they're wishing they hadn't put their
heads down in the bottom of that shit barrel
in the first plae.

[Norrrm]

2. "inclined"

Again, Trump's business decisions are based on revenge and coercion, rather than economics.

[hatrack]

4. "Thank you!", says ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods.

[Jack Valentino]

5. TRUMP is the one "playing too cute", pretending that he is taking something away from Exxon

that they wanted, but it appears that they did NOT want to do in the first place....

"Uninvestable"--- was that the word that they used ??
https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/news/news-releases/2026/our-perspective-regarding-the-situation-in-venezuela#Darrendeliveredthefollowingremarks
"If we look at the legal and commercial constructs—frameworks—in place today in Venezuela, today it’s uninvestable. And so significant changes have to be made to those commercial frameworks, the legal system, there has to be durable investment protections, and there has to be a change to the hydrocarbon laws in the country."

Those oil company leaders are reluctant to invest anything,
without 'political stability' happening first!--


Just my personal opinion--- but it seems that any oil company who sought to exploit
Venezuela's reputed oil reserves, would be putting any employees they sought to send there
into grave danger, from all the independent armed gangs which operate in that country---
without a full-on U.S. military occupation happening first!

(and many of those gangs have ALREADY vowed to resist with armed force
any U.S. takeover of the country! It sounds worse than Iraq--
since these groups are already organized BEFORE any U.S. occupation!---

Great formula for "another Vietnam" or a "worse than Iraq" result!)

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

6. Big orange baby

[Johonny]

7. Trump declares Br'er Rabbit must be thrown in brair patch

That will show him, he said.

[Blue_Roses]

8. The Exxon CEO

was being "kind" with his words. I'm sure he really wanted to say, "You are out of your fucking mind if you think we will invest in that shithole!"

I used to work as a professional chauffeur and Exxon was one of our clients. Trump got his ass handed to him.