are they just so greedy that they can't process basic information and understand basic consequences, or are they so sociopathic that they can't foresee clearly predictable consequences as a result of their actions?
what, exactly, is wrong with this person that makes them incapable of learning from what just happened, and insistent on walking down the same foolish path, to suffer the same outcome?
The U.S. is Venezuela’s second-largest customer for crude oil. Most of the country’s crude is sold to China at heavily discounted prices, and it seems unlikely Trump will allow that situation to continue.
The U.S. is Venezuela’s second-largest customer for crude oil. Most of the country’s crude is sold to China at heavily discounted prices, and it seems unlikely Trump will allow that situation to continue.
If the U.S. does succeed in redirecting Venezuelan oil toward the Gulf Coast, China would presumably need to find barrels from another country.
Canada could fill that gap, and has already been ramping up its crude oil exports to Asia following the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, between Edmonton and the Vancouver area.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/venezuela-oil-canada-9.7034122