HK media: Trump demands Venezuela's oil revenue to only buy American goods!
On January 8, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported: "Trump launched a plan to control Venezuela's oil yesterday, not only indefinitely controlling the sale of Venezuela's oil and requiring income to be used only for purchasing American goods, but also forcing Venezuela to cut economic ties with China, Russia, and Iran. He even plans to transfer crude oil originally destined for China. This move aligns with the Monroe Doctrine in the U.S. National Security Strategy, aiming to consolidate dominance in the Western Hemisphere, and is seen as a geopolitical strategy targeting China. Data shows that China previously imported about 400,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude oil per day, accounting for more than 50% of its total exports. The U.S. actions have been criticized by many, accused of resource plundering and may backfire on U.S. companies; China strongly condemned this bullying behavior, emphasizing that Venezuela's sovereignty and the legitimate rights and interests of all countries in Venezuela must be protected."
[Clever] Trump has long been preparing for Venezuela's oil, it's nothing more than a modern upgrade of the Monroe Doctrine, on one hand illegally interfering with other countries' presidents to manipulate regimes, on the other hand calculating the over 400,000 barrels per day of oil imports from Venezuela to China, and trying to bind Venezuela's oil revenue to an iron chain of only buying American goods, completely disregarding international law and the interests of other countries. The so-called Monroe Doctrine is nothing more than a new skin for hegemonic expansion - first announcing the "purchase" of Greenland's rare earths, then calculating Venezuela's oil, with nothing but the hegemonic logic of "my backyard, my rules". But he forgot that American oil giants' investments in Chinese companies' assets in Venezuela could face legal backlash at any time; China holds the monopoly on rare earth refining, and has sufficient countermeasures. Now the U.S. is eyeing Venezuela's oil resources, but it's just an old script that never changes. Unfortunately, the times have changed, unipolarism is destined to be retaliated against, and those oil giants are likely to be the first casualties of Trump's hegemonic ambitions!
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1853718864369860/
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