Donald Trump has said he might block ExxonMobil from investing in Venezuela after the oil company’s chief executive called the country “uninvestable” during a White House meeting last week.

Darren Woods told the US president that Venezuela would need to change its laws before it could be an attractive investment opportunity, during the high-profile meeting on Friday with at least 17 other oil executives.

Woods’ sceptical remarks quickly emerged as the dominant headline, undercutting the White House’s hopes of building momentum from its engagement with the world’s most prominent oil executives.

"I didn’t like Exxon’s response,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on his way back to Washington on Sunday. “I’ll probably be inclined to keep Exxon out. I didn’t like their response. They’re playing too cute.”

Exxon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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      Oh look, it’s one of the actual reasons Harris didn’t win!

      No, not her support of Israel. A moronic voter who decided genocide and a ruined economy under Trump is preferable a genocide and mild progress under Harris.

      That is, of course, assuming you’re actually a citizen. Foreign misinformation campaigns were a huge part of last few elections.

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        Keep telling yourself that. Moral abstainers make up an unbelievably small percentage of Dem voters. Event if everyone who voted third party or abstained because of genocide support had actually voted for Kamala, she still would have lost.

        No, I blame all of you who were content to let the Dems force a status quo candidate on us while quashing progressive movements. If y’all actually had some balls and held your politicians to account, maybe you could have shifted your candidate’s position on genocide or made space for an actual progressive.

        Instead, you were all focused on your fears of Daddy coming home and beating everyone with his belt.

        So now we get the worst of both worlds. Trump is thrashing American, and there is no effective opposition, because you all voted for no effective opposition.

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          I said ONE OF the reasons, not THE reason. A MAJOR reasons was the social media campaigns, many of which focused on Harris supporting Israel.

          You blame me for something I had no part in. I supported Sanders in the 2016 primary and we didn’t even GET a primary last year. I also didn’t vote for traitorous senator who won in my state.

          But it’s MY fault Trump won, huh? Moreso than the person who fell for the disinformation campaigns and got hung up on an atrocity both assholes support?

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          yup, anyone not stuck in a bubble and being honest with themselves knows exactly when/why kamala lost.

          even with being forced on america she still could have won…but she flip-flopped on universal healthcare immediately

          as soon as that happens 99% of voters go “oh…yup, just another lying career politician who doesn’t really believe in anything, they’ll just do whatever their donors bribes tell em to”

          republicans are atleast honest in their greed, you can predict with 100% certainty what they’re going to do. just plan for maximum pain/cruelty and you can check out of politics completely for the next 4 years. dems though? dems win and you got to actually pay attention, they’re much better liers. voting for the bad lier is just good business

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        israel would still be leveling apartment blocs and starving babies to death under kamala, lets be real

        the only difference is maybe ukraine would get some proper fucking support and we’d only have 1 pointless war instead of 2

        but come on…our government works for israel first america second, has for decades at this point

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          The US would be pushing back against Israeli use of force like the Dems generally have consistently been doing instead of actively giving the all clear and cheering on the accelerated total destruction of Gaza which is exactly what Trump fucking said he’d do. Which anyone who wasn’t a fucking idiot or Russian propagandist knew.

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            lol, sure. couple strongly worded letters and Net would level a hospital just to remind dems who holds their lease.

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                israel has been slaughtering palestinians for the last 50+ years, the US has always stepped in to prop them up across dozens of administrations.

                there is/was absolutely no reason suspect this position to change with establishment dems in power.

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                  And republicans were promising to accelerate. And voting third party in first past the post acts as a spoiler for republicans and is therefore a vote for republicans. And not voting works exactly the same way. So every way you shake that dick the Dems are still the best option and you continue to not have ground.

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                    i really think your giving the palestinian thing too much weight, the overwhelming majority of US voters are selfish…both just as a natural consequence of how brutal america is for the working clas and how short-sighted/greedy it’s capitalists are. majority of the country living paycheck to paycheck…

                    america as a whole just votes for whoever promises them the most immediate benefit/relief, then expects them to lie/fuck em over anyway. single-issue culture war/idealist voters are the minority.

                    most of the working class does not have the privilege of worrying about palestine, ukraine, or anyone else for that matter. they’re focused on providing for their immediate family/friends… they’ve been lied to by career politicians for generations