‘What an #Authoritarian #Oligarchy Looks Like’: #Trump Says #OilExecs Tipped Off About #Venezuela Attack

“I can’t begin to tell you how insane this is,” said one critic. “He did not inform #Congress but he’s saying he informed the #OilCompanies.”

by Jon Queally
Jan 05, 2026

Excerpt: " 'I can’t begin to tell you how insane this is,' said Fred Wellman, an Army combat veteran now running for Congress as a Democrat in Missouri. 'He did not inform Congress, but he’s saying he informed the oil companies.'

" 'Keep in mind who he means,' Wellman added. 'The #billionaire #MegaDonor that just got control of #Citgo. Our service members were used directly to move the interests of Trump’s #donors.'

" 'The oil companies were notified before Congress,' said Melanie D’Arrigo, executive director of the Campaign for New York Health. 'This is what an authoritarian oligarchy looks like.' "

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-says-oil-companies-tipped-off-venezuela

#MoronDoctrine #Oiligarchy #PaulSinger #USPol #WorldPol #DonroeDoctrine #USImperialism #NoNewWars #NoWar #WarMongers #USWarCrimes #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchs

@stiefel_fan @anna_lillith the #UN is #dysfunctional not by accident, but design!

• As long as it can't force #Billionaires and #OilExecs into conditionless surrender at gunpoint, it'll remain so…

What do you expect when #COP28 already copped out? It was sold before it existed.

Can we stop giving the benefit of the doubt to the #oilExecs now? Yes? Thank you!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cop28-draft-agreement-fossil-fuels-1.7055398

#noBillionaires #noOligarchs #noColinization #noOil #noGas #JustStopOil #LANDBACK #noCPC #noUPC #noHiggs #noMoe #noSmith #vote #resist

Yeah, it's a **GREAT** idea to let more and more #oilExecs run #cop

#COPromised28

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/12/11/uae-COP-28-fossil-fuel-phaseout-final-draft-global-stocktake/6971702312685/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#noBillionaires #noOligarchs #noOil #noGas #noColonialism #resist #vote