The New York Times asked Trump about international law, and the New York Times reported that Trump said he always follows international law, and there is one and only one International Law: whatever the strongest wants, the strongest gets.
So all the oil and other valuable resources in Venezuela belong to the US.
Russian ships and PRC ships that violate US sanctions will be seized and sold, with all the proceeds going to the US government.
Russia have threatened that Russian submarines can take out any US Navy ships that try to seize a Russian ship, but, so far, Russia have let the US seize at least one Russian ship and take it to the US for sale.
The US have also seized a PRC ship with a huge amount of Venezuelan oil destined for the PRC; so far, the PRC haven't said anything or done anything about this.
The PRC get about 5% of their oil from Venezuela, but a lot of Russian oil that was formerly sold to the EU is being diverted to the PRC, so the PRC might be able to do without any Venezuelan oil. The US plan to make Iranian oil unavailable to the PRC in the very near future. As of now, more than 13% of oil purchased by the PRC is from Iran, and the PRC have invested a lot in Iran.
And, as Trump said, the US is strong enough that all the Iranian oil belongs to the US, and the US will either take it all or let Israel destroy it all. Not clear what the PRC will do if the US manage to cut off 18% of all their oil.
It is looking like the EU are toast. Their economy depended on cheap Russian energy. The plan, of course, was to destroy Russia so ownership of all that energy would return to the rightful owners: Western Europe and the US. Russia have absolutely no right to the oil that just happens to lie under Russia, they owe every drop to the US and Western Europe as war reparations. And, as Trump said, the US are strong enough to take it. After all, MI6 and the CIA managed to destroy about 1/3 of the Russian nuclear arsenal, and should easily be able to destroy the other 2/3, maybe with a little help from Mossad. Russia were totally unable to protect that first 1/3 of their nuclear arsenal, and the West are sure MI6 and the CIA can easily destroy all the rest, probably with a little help from Mossad.
But, after the US get control of the oil, it's not clear they'll let Europe have it at a price that makes it possible for Western Europe to return to being the major manufacturing power that they were before they switched from cheap Russian energy to very expensive American energy that makes it impossible for Europe to produce at a price that people can afford to buy.
But Trump figures it's best if all the energy and minerals in Russia all go to the US, then gets sold at astronomical prices, keeping Europe poor and weak, and leaving Russia non-existent, all of Russia being taken by the US as war reparations, and made into a bunch of small, demilitarised countries unable to defend themselves or claim any of the energy or minerals that really belong to the US.
That seems to be the plan.
The question is: Could anything possibly go wrong? The Soviets could never get the best of Bond when Fleming had him as a 00 agent working for MI6, so the UK, or at least MI6 are sure than can get all this done, and Trump is sure the US can manage, and if MI6 help, their help will be accepted and rewarded.
The Russians can see this coming, and say they can stop it. The PRC are quiet, and don't seem to be saying much in English, and I have no idea what they're saying in Chinese. But I suspect the PRC feel about the same as the Russians.
So very interesting times ahead. I seem to vaguely remember something about 'interesting times,' but I can't remember what it was.
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