The delusional vampire Donald Trump is thirsty for oil and urgently intends to sink his fangs into countries with oil wealth (in fact, he did so in some of the Middle East - he cannot do so with Iran - and he has several Latin Americans in his sights - especially two of them: Mexico and Brazil -, although he already "administers" Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, all with puppet "governments" of the White House).
And its urgency to “rehydrate” black gold is based on the most recent report from the United States Energy Information Administration (August 2026), which is forceful and makes the insatiable gringo consumers' hair stand on end (from the industry to the owners of, it is estimated, 280 million gasoline and diesel motor vehicles circulating in that country; there are more, but they are electric): “The United States strategic oil reserve fell to 298.7 million barrels, its lowest level since January 1983” (said reserve was established in December 1975, after the Arab oil embargo (1973), with a capacity of 727 million barrels, so that the current level barely covers 41 percent, on the way to worsening).
That body said something else: "These reserves registered declines for 20 consecutive weeks since the end of March (read since the aggression against Iran), with a cumulative release of 116.7 million barrels of crude oil during that period; reserves could fall even further, to 243.4 million barrels, if the Department of Energy fully implements the plan to release additional barrels."
But, criminal that he is, and he presumes it, Trump does not even remotely have in mind to compensate this strategic reserve by purchasing black gold from producing countries through institutional channels (by the way, he himself drove the international oil market crazy with his failed war adventure, in the hands of the genocidal Benjamin Netanyahu, against Iran), but rather through a mechanism that the orange madman daily uses and enjoys: looting, occupation (as in the case of Venezuela, without forgetting the kidnapping of its leaders) of those or the shameless imposition of puppet governments, such as those of Javier Milei, Daniel Noboa, Abelardo de la Espriella and Delcy Rodríguez.
It is not free for the delirious tenant of the White House to brag about his crimes: "Now I love Venezuela, I love it, and we are doing wonderfully there; we are importing a lot of oil from Venezuela and we get along very well with them; billions and billions of barrels of oil come out of Venezuela (by himself valued at 13 billion dollars, which have entered American coffers); it is one of the richest places in oil in the world; the victor belongs to the spoils, right? Have you heard that before? It's the old way, right?” And in the cases of Argentina, Ecuador and Colombia they are already rubbing their hands.
The Energy Information Administration details: "We forecast that commercial crude oil inventories in the United States will remain below the low of the last five years (2021-2025) through the end of 2026. Increased crude oil exports, reduced imports and high refinery activity since mid-April have led to consistent weekly declines in crude oil stocks. Net imports are expected to remain below average through 2027."
Furthermore, "the reduction in oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz will further reduce global oil reserves in the coming months and will keep crude oil prices close to the levels of the first week of August. The continued and severe restrictions on transit through the Strait of Hormuz will persist until August; we estimate that by early 2027 most of the crude oil production in the region will return to levels close to pre-conflict averages; due to new attacks on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Hormuz, crude oil prices were driven upward by a new threat of blockade of Saudi Arabia's oil exports through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait; interruptions of approximately 600 thousand barrels per day will continue until the end of 2027.
And Trump has wet dreams: “Very soon I will declare the Strait of Hormuz American territory.”
The slices of the cake
From the gringo visa – as if having it were paradise – Donald Trump and his hawk Marco Rubio have created a vile industry of political blackmail and interference. Now it was Andrés Manuel López Beltrán's turn. And those that are missing.
