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emptywheel.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy wrote:

Apparently Exxon won't have the privilege of having their stuff nationalized a third time in Venezuela bc Darren Woods told the truth at what was meant to be a performed loyalty session.www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump ‘Inclined’ to Keep Exxon Out of Venezuela President says he didn’t like comments from company’s CEO during a meeting Friday at the White House By  Annie Linskey Follow Updated Jan. 11, 2026 9:26 pm ET Gift unlocked article Listen (4 min) Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil, at a meeting with US President Donald Trump and other oil and gas executives. Darren Woods, center, CEO of Exxon Mobil, during a meeting with President Trump and oil and gas executives at the White House on Friday. Jim Lo Scalzo/POOL/EPA/Shutterstock Quick Summary President Trump said he might prevent Exxon Mobil from drilling in Venezuela after the company’s top executive expressed concerns. View more WASHINGTON—President Trump said he might block Exxon Mobil from drilling in Venezuela after the company’s top executive publicly acknowledged the barriers involved in doing business in the country. “I’ll probably be inclined to keep Exxon out,” Trump said Sunday evening, speaking to reporters traveling with him aboard Air Force One.  During a meeting with oil-company executives at the White House on Friday, Exxon Chief Executive Darren Woods said that Venezuela is currently “uninvestable” without significant changes to the country’s commercial frameworks, legal system and hydrocarbon laws. He expressed confidence those changes could be put in place with the Trump administration and Venezuelan government working together. “I didn’t like their response. They’re playing too cute,” Trump sai