.MaddowBlog: On Syrian oil, Trump says US ‘should be able to take some’
Donald Trump has spent the better part of a month telling the world that the United States is withdrawing from parts of Syria. It’s increasingly obvious, however, that the president’s claims aren’t altogether true. Indeed, Defense Secretary Mark Esper explained on Friday that the Pentagon is dispatching armored vehicles and combat troops into Syria in order to protect oil fields.
One official described the process of changing Trump’s mind with an oil-centric pitch: “This is like feeding a baby its medicine in yogurt or applesauce.” “[W]e are leaving soldiers to secure the oil. And we may have to fight for the oil. It’s okay. Maybe somebody else wants the oil, in which case they have a hell of a fight. But there’s massive amounts of oil.
Reflecting on the Syrian oil’s value, Trump went on to say that the United States “should be able to take some,” adding, “[W]hat I intend to do, perhaps, is make a deal with an ExxonMobil or one of our great companies to go in there and do it properly.”So to recap, Donald Trump, contradicting weeks of rhetoric about withdrawing troops from Syria, now wants Americans to know he’s prepared to use the military “to fight for the oil” that he believes the United States is entitled to.
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