Trump is Anti-"War"
Aside from his own obligations, he loves everything about it
Donald Trump is Anti-War.
That is why he imagines every military action as a strike, rather than an engagement.
That is why his Administration refuses to call the War on Immigrants by its rightful name, but we can see it is an amped-up version of the War on Terror and the War on Drugs.
The targeting of immigrants is new and the surveillance is more jacked than ever, but the outcome is very much the same—squelching civil rights in the name of safety, innocents being killed alongside nonviolent offenders, and a more militarized policing of the population.
There's another war this Outlaw Administration is waging that it refuses to call by name.
The War on Socialism.
It began domestically in the form of cutting federal social support programs—in food, in health, in education, in environmental protection, in consumer protection, in veterans' benefits, in non-authoritarian public safety such as NOAA weather forecasting and FEMA disaster relief—while placing a greater tax burden upon laborers to pay the state's expanding disciplinary role.
Internationally, Trump’s War on Socialism began with a bogus war on Venezuelan "narco-terrorism" that grew rapidly into the "law enforcement action" that saw Maduro kidnapped for breaking American laws, while in Venezuela (one of the charges against him is owning machine guns—the legacy of this Administration will be happy to disarm the population, when the time comes 'round).
Between the time Warrior Pete Hegseth was ordering the double-tap that made him a war criminal in September, and the most expensive arrest since Manuel Noriega's (found guilty of violating U.S. drug laws, while never actually inside the U.S.), the true intention for all the attention was revealed, when U.S. Special Forces pirated an oil tanker full of heavy, sour Venezuelan crude, on its way to the People's Republic of China.
Proximate to the military action, Trump offered Venezuela’s reserves to U.S.-incorporated petroleum transnationals.
Trump meets with oil executives at White House to push for investment in Venezuela
He was met with a tepid reception, because various international trade embargoes and alliances have made for relatively inexpensive light, sweet crude for the U.S.-allied market. Venezuela’s major trading partners for oil, prior to the military action, were China and Cuba.
A side-effect to Trump’s gunboat diplomacy in the West is choking off Cuba’s oil supply. The two most overtly Socialist states in the Western Hemisphere were the priority.
The additional refining required for heavy, sour crude, such as that found in Venezuelan reserves, cannot meet the global price for the light, sweet crude that comes from the Middle East.
If you’re comparing light sweet vs heavy sour crude, this guide breaks down the key differences and practical trade-offs.
Key takeaways
Light sweet crude (≈35-45° API, ≤0.5% sulfur) refines 10-20% cheaper and produces more gasoline and diesel than heavy sour crude.
A single degree change in API gravity can shift the spot price by roughly $0.05 per barrel, making API a key valuation metric.
WTI-Dubai spread widening and moving-average crossovers signal profitable long-light/short-heavy trade setups.
Apply grade-specific stop-losses (1.5% for light, 2.5% for heavy) and ATR-adjusted position sizing to keep risk under control.
Venezuelan oil becomes more profitable when the supply of light, sweet crude becomes scarcer, such as when a major exporting channel is blocked by an ongoing military engagement.
Iran is not Socialist in the Back in the U.S.S.R. kind of way; but Iran is the largest source of oil for China, which is allegedly aspiring to a mode of production beyond socialism. Iran is also not a small nation, in terms of population or military strength. Think Russia, without nukes.
How do I know Iran doesn't have nukes? Because the U.S. and Israel are directly waging war on it. History shows "nuclear deterrence" moves hot wars into proxy nations, as we saw in Afghanistan in the late 1970’s, and before that Viet Nam in the 1960’s, and Korea in the 1950’s.
Iran has turned its focus from striking back at the nations hosting U.S. military bases (focusing instead on the bases themselves) and has announced, after three fiery oil tanker attacks, it will allow most tankers to again traverse the Strait of Hormuz without threat of attack.
@GlobeEyeNews
Iran announces the Strait of Hormuz is open to all countries except the United States, Israel, and their allies. 6:32 PM Mar 14, 2026.
The U.S. has made no such pledge.
It could well be that the Iranian announcement was made in anticipation that the U.S. might strike a tanker, and blame Iran. After all, it’s what they did with regard to the girls’ school.
Trump says Iran bombed girls’ school. ‘They have no accuracy whatsoever’ March 8, 2026, 10:29 a.m. ET
Reporting by international media channels has been more thorough than by domestic ones. While the Administration kvetches about U.S. media offering “negative” coverage, the pro-U.S./Israel slant and euphemistic phrasing is obvious, by comparison.
US Air Force refueling plane crashes in Iraq, killing all six on board. Updated Mar. 13, 2026.
“‘Six US service members are dead after a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, a refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, the US military said, adding that the incident was “not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.’”
Headline aside, two U.S. refueling planes had an “incident,” resulting in one “crashing” in western Iraq, and the other returning to Israel with damage to its tail. According to the U.S. military, this was just a plane crash—the plane was not shot down. According to the Islamic Resistance of Iraq, both planes were struck by anti-aircraft ordnance.
The Islamic Resistance of Iraq, an umbrella group of factions loyal to Iran, claimed responsibility for downing the aircraft, adding that it targeted a second KC-135, forcing it to make an emergency landing. The group did not provide evidence for its claims.
The U.S. military also offered no evidence the refueling plane was not shot down, but CNN has been effectively cowed. They will repeat what they have been told.
Trump did his one, performative observance of the dignified transfer of six U.S. soldiers killed under his orders this time. He will be doing no more. The most recent six are on their own, as the rest will be.
Military action that seems to serve no foreign policy end is Trump’s unspoken War on Socialism.