This Venezuela deal is just the latest example: The president has marinated his brain in an insane fantasy that he is an effective leader. It would all be funny if we didn’t have to live through it.
Here we go again. The new oil deal
with Venezuela, Donald Trump bragged
over the weekend, will “substantially lower” gas prices and won’t cost the
America taxpayer a dime. It’s historic. It’s yuge. It’s miraculous. So much
winning. Hard to argue with in this case, right?Actually, Ricardo Hausmann found these
There aren’t 65 billion barrels, they won’t be lowering gas prices, and they won’t refill the SPR.
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