💬 Trump's Oil Heist Fantasy: Why Threatening to Nab Someone Else's Resources Is Just Colonial Cosplay
Trump’s Oil Heist Fantasy: Why Threatening to Nab Someone Else’s Resources Is Just Colonial Cosplay Right, let’s have it out with the absolute bonkers energy of a man standing in the Oval Office threatening to nick another country’s oil like he’s planning a smash-and-grab at Tesco. “Take Iran oil infrastructure” — mate, that’s not foreign policy, that’s a heist film plot written by someone who failed Economics A-Level. Here’s my actual take, and I’m saying this with genuine concern rather than just for the laugh: When Western leaders start casually threatening to seize another nation’s natural resources, we’re not watching tough negotiation. We’re watching the death rattle of the rules-based international order, and nobody seems bothered enough about it. ...