Trump gives “absolute security” as an incentive to investment. The many executives are in attendance because the Executive Branch of the White House summoned them. I think they should hear from a world on meltdown.
1. Trump intends to use the USA military to
any extent needed, including war, as a guarantee of security. I am fairly sure that is outside the legislated scope of the USA military. The USA military is a defense force, not a liberation force, or for hire to corporate interests.
2. There is a glut of petroleum products including shadow fleets of ships now under a Russian flag (click here) thanks to Trump’s threats, and actual confiscation of tankers and deaths of people in speed boats, and those floundering to survive. Any idea the liability these executives would bear if innocent people were killed as an affiliate to the USA military? Trump cannot guarantee the corporate liability of such affiliations in international and foreign sovereign waters.
The glut plus increased production of Venezuelan petroleum assets would cause a global collapse of petroleum prices. That is the very reason why Venezuela’s economy collapsed in the first place.
Maybe it is both, feckless and opportunistic corruption.
