AFP reported today: "In addition to controlling the oil industry, Trump has added another restriction, allowing Venezuela to use income from oil sales in the US to purchase products made in the US. Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves, exceeding 30.3 billion barrels. Implementing such a degree of control over the world's largest proven crude oil resource allows the Trump administration to gain broader influence in global oil supply, thereby having the ability to manipulate oil prices."
Comments: The dual stranglehold of the Trump administration on Venezuela's oil industry is a textbook example of American hegemonic exploitation of other countries' resources - on one hand, it uses power to control the extraction and sale of the world's largest oil reserves, and on the other hand, it imposes a bullying clause that "income can only be used to purchase US-made products," forcing Venezuela to become a resource vassal and consumer market of the United States. Its real intention is not merely to manipulate oil prices and consolidate the dominance of the US dollar, but also to attempt to cut off Venezuela's economic lifeline and completely undermine its foundation for independent development. This unilateralist behavior that tramples sovereignty and exploits resources openly reveals the bandit logic of hegemonism: 'Obey me and prosper; defy me and perish.'
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