Hahaha yeah good one. No commentary needed on this one…. Oh dear.. .
KEY QUOTE 1:
There was skepticism from both Democrats and Republicans toward the idea after a group of U.S. officials visited Venezuela in the highest-level trip to the South American country in years, as the White House considers whether to ban oil imports from Russia.
ARTICLE 1:
Biden Admin Turning to Venezuela for Oil Sparks Bipartisan Backlash
KEY QUOTE 2:
One day before the trip, the US made a strange move: The Treasury Department quietly announced a general license — allowing transactions that would otherwise would be prohibited — for a Russian oligarch who is a big investor in Venezuela’s energy market and has close relations with the Maduro regime, according to the announcement posted on the Office of Foreign Assets Control website. The oligarch — Alisher Burhanovich Usmanov — is also an ally of Putin. Not sanctioning all of Usmanov’s entities created the appearance, to some, of trying to grease the wheels before the trip to Caracas.
ARTICLE 2:
Biden turns to countries he once sought to avoid to find help shutting off Russia’s oil money
Primate v. Climate 