Trump asked about Gulf nations meeting with Iran. His response: "I don't care. That's up to them. We'll ultimately get out. Unless we decide to stay and keep the oil! Like Venezuela." Translation: America's only interest in the region is extraction. Diplomacy between regional powers? Irrelevant. Sovereignty of other nations? Negotiable if there's oil involved. The comparison to Venezuela, where the US has spent decades trying to strangle the country economically and militarily, isn't a metaphor he's hiding. It's the actual blueprint.