Venezuela, Iran, Greenland: ‘putting China in the energy box’

In the future, once Trump derangement syndrome has dissipated, Trump’s foreign policy moves will rightfully be seen in the context of the attached chart. - Bill Brindley

• Look at China’s rising dependence on imported oil—it is now the world’s largest importer by far. 
• The United States, on the hand, imports much less & exports much more...

Our interventions in Venezuela, Iran, & Greenland have different scopes & costs, but what ties them all together is Trump’s attempt to put China in a constrained ‘energy box’ before the country fully electrifies...

His foreign policy is the most rational, realpolitik one we’ve had in half a century...