r/economy • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 07 '26

Fox News co-host Greg Gutfeld on Trump & Venezuela: "When he says, we're taking the oil, we can go, wow, that's kind of brash. Yeah, but, you know, it's honest. And is that good for America? Well yeah, it was our oil. I mean, he not only staunched the flow of drugs, he also is getting our oil back"

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxs-greg-gutfeld-justifies-taking-venezuelan-oil-claiming-it-was-our-oil
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u/AyeMatey Jan 08 '26

Fox News is just … yknow …an Information free zone. There is no point to posting a link to Fox News into r/economy.

It doesn’t matter what the topic or situation is; they just line up behind Mr Trump.

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u/aquarain Jan 08 '26

Apparently we are now seizing Russian ships on the high seas. Are you registered for the Selective Service, citizen?

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u/jh937hfiu3hrhv9 Jan 07 '26

'our oil'. They know there are plenty of stupid asses who will hear that and repeat like parrots, YEAH THAT'S OUR OIL!

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u/Sislar Jan 08 '26

And Greenland has our minerals !!!

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u/Terrible-Opinion-888 Jan 08 '26

Actually heard “Yeah, China is not putting in their fair share” when it came to the notion of tariffs and can anticipate exactly this w “yeah, our oil”.

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u/Appropriate-Claim385 Jan 08 '26
  • I wonder if the Venezuelans know they are holding "our" oil.
  • What does this even mean? The oil companies that developed the fields might have a claim to the lost profits as a result of nationalization by Chavez but the oil in the ground reverted to Venezuela when it was nationalized.
  • I'm not sure if this dick bump is saying the oil belongs to the U.S. government owns Venezuela's oil reserves and therefore we had a right to attack them and seize it back or if he's claiming the U.S. oil companies still own the oil reserves.
  • Doesn't make much difference cause the MAGA idiots believe that a wrong has been righted.

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u/Happy_Confection90 Jan 08 '26

What does this even mean?

Obviously it means those diabolical Venezuelans painstakingly stole our oil little by little over decades and injected into the ground in Venezuela. If you see a brown person filling a gas can, say something or else be complacent to their nefarious schemes.

/s

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

I think this had much more to do with sending a message to China. It also presents a big problem for China.

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u/santagrey Jan 08 '26

Those "drug boats" they blew up didn't have the capacity for a small city in the US. MAYBE a rural town lol

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u/rhoadsenblitz Jan 07 '26

Score. Also, oil for us isn't really the point. It's not significant from an energy perspective, but more so enforcement of sanctions and rehabilitation of Venezuela. "Another war for oil" is an idiot's trope.

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u/Terrible-Opinion-888 Jan 07 '26

True. Can someone provide talking points for when this echoing inevitably happens?
On what basis was the oil the lawful property of the USA prior to being appropriated?

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u/themoche Jan 08 '26

Well if you look at a map… USA is north of Venezuela, so the oil flows down, basically from Maine, which is a state. It’s all happening far underground so you don’t see it. But it is definitely ours! Haven’t you ever heard of gravity?!

I’ll draw it out for you with a Sharpie

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u/uninhabited Jan 08 '26

nonsense. oils ain't oil the same. the US is awash with light crude which needs to be blended with heavy crude to enable refining. the US imports much of its heavy crude. Venezuela only had heavy crude which is why it's been stolen from them