It may well be safer, easier and cheaper for US companies to procure whatever oil the US economy needs at home There are a few reasons that Donald Trump – now self-anointed acting President of Venezuela , as well as the United States – might be so excited about appropriating Venezuela’s oil . Trump may be counting on some boost from cheap oil to the US economy: he is obsessed with the price of gas . As the midterm elections approach, he has become concerned about unemployment . Deeply imprinted memories of scarcity during the oil crises of the 1970s may prime his belief that cheap oil cures it all. Continue reading...