Here’s what we’ve learned: Trump didn’t consult Congress.
He didn’t consult allies.
And now, thanks to the Exxon CEO’s own words, we know he didn’t even consult the industry he claims this entire operation was designed to benefit.
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So what does that leave?
A president who launched a Congress-bypassing, sovereignty-breaking military operation on impulse, with no strategic plan, no economic framework, and no understanding of the risks the very companies involved were already warning about.
And now, after wasting taxpayer money, destabilizing a region, and dragging the U.S. into a foreseeable mess, he’s trying to backfill the incompetence by pitching gangster-style oil deals and pretending it was all part of some master plan.
What’s “absolutely astounding” is pretending this was anything other than chaotic, clumsy, and catastrophically self-interested.