Trump wants to make a deal with Exxon or others to tap Syrian oil: 'We should be able to take some'

[babylonsister]

Trump wants to make a deal with Exxon or others to tap Syrian oil: ‘We should be able to take some’
Published 5 hours ago
Updated 4 hours ago
Lauren Hirsch


Key Points

President Donald Trump said he may want to make a deal with ExxonMobil to tap Syrian oil reserves.

Trump has used Syrian oil to help justify his decision to withdraw American troops from the region.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said this week that the U.S. will send in troops to protect Syrian oil fields from Islamic State militants.

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he’s interested in making a deal with ExxonMobil or another energy company to tap Syrian oil reserves.

“What 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...and spread out the wealth,” he said.

President Trump has identified Syria’s oil as a U.S. national security priority and has committed to deploying troops to protect the country’s reserves even as he pulls troops from Syria’s northern regions. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said this week that the U.S. will send in troops to protect Syrian oil fields from Islamic State militants.

Trump has faced heated criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, who have accused the president of abandoning an American ally by pulling troops from the Syrian-Turkish border region. The withdrawal cleared the way for a Turkish military operation against the Kurds, U.S. allies in the fight against the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS.

“The oil is so valuable, for many reasons,” Trump said on Sunday. “It fueled ISIS, number one. Number two, it helps the Kurds – because it’s basically been taken away from the Kurds... And, number three, it can help us, because we should be able to take some also.”

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[Srkdqltr]

1. I don't know much about oil.

But don't we get oil from Exxon already? Among other places?
What does he mean " take some"?

[Disaffected]

2. Load it into one gallon jugs

and sell it to Walmart.

[spanone]

3. Steal it.

[gratuitous]

4. Isn't there a word for taking something that doesn't belong to you?

Hmmm.

[roamer65]

5. Erdogan and his son will traffic it.

The oil will be laundered by Turkey.

[Roland99]

6. This has to be part of the Grand Collusion

There were WAY too many energy contacts between trump campaign and Russia and the Middle East during all their colluding and conspiring and bribing and laundering

[NCjack]

7. When Erdogan raised, Trump folded his hand. When you do that,

you don't get a share of the pot.

[EndlessWire]

8. It's just appalling.

He's going to use the lives of our military for personal gain.