【文章标题】：With American Characteristics
【文章标题】：具有美国特色
【文章正文】：
“Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place.” — Nicolaus Copernicus
”我此刻所言或许晦涩，但它们将在适当的时机变得明晰。“——尼古拉·哥白尼
Like most energy-market observers, we stared at our phones with interest on Friday evening when US President Donald Trump once again used his Truth Social account to make a rather surprising announcement:
与多数能源市场观察者一样，上周五晚间我们饶有兴趣地盯着手机——美国总统唐纳德·特朗普再次通过他的Truth Social账号发布了一则相当惊人的声明：
“BREAKING NEWS: The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY! At my direction, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, working closely with Highly Respected Interim President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, and, through a partnership with private business, have secured majority U.S. control of more than 65 BILLION BARRELS of proven Oil Reserves in Venezuela, at no cost to the American Taxpayer. This Historic Transaction MORE THAN DOUBLES American Oil Reserves, greatly increases our Oil Supply, and will substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans, long into the future, while helping to continue to set Venezuela on a course toward Tremendous Success and Great Prosperity. This Transaction will greatly strengthen the already growing relationship between Venezuela and the United States! Thank you for your attention to this groundbreaking matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
“突发新闻：美利坚合众国刚刚与委内瑞拉达成协议，缔结世界历史上最大规模的石油交易！在我的指示下，国务卿马可·鲁比奥与战争部长皮特·赫格塞斯，同备受尊敬的委内瑞拉临时总统德尔茜·罗德里格斯密切合作，并通过与私营企业的伙伴关系，以美国纳税人零成本为代价，获得了委内瑞拉超650亿桶已探明石油储备的多数控制权。这项历史性交易使美国石油储备翻倍有余，大幅提升石油供应量，并将长期显著降低全体美国人的汽油价格，同时助力委内瑞拉持续迈向巨大成功与繁荣。该交易将极大强化委美两国本已日益紧密的关系！感谢各位对此开创性事件的关注。让美国再次伟大！唐纳德·J·特朗普总统”
He bought? | Getty
他买下了？| Getty
Predictably, interpretations of the president’s missive, in all its randomly capitalized glory, depended heavily on the preexisting views of those doing the interpreting. Venezuelan opposition leaders panned the move as raw colonialist extraction. Iranians mocked Trump as being forced to pick on somebody his own size. The president’s die-hard supporters lauded the post as proof of his formidable capacity to play multidimensional chess, while his ardent domestic political opponents took a predictably indignant stance, with Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen tweeting,
可以预见，人们对这份充满随意大写字母的总统文告的解读，极大程度上取决于解读者原有的立场。委内瑞拉反对派领导人抨击此举是赤裸裸的殖民主义掠夺。伊朗人嘲讽特朗普被迫找了个体量相当的对手。总统的死忠支持者盛赞这条推文证明了他下多维棋局的非凡能力，而激烈的国内政敌则不出所料地摆出愤慨姿态——民主党参议员克里斯·范霍伦发推称：
“Let’s be clear: this isn’t a win. This is proof Trump put our service members at risk to get Venezuelan oil for his billionaire buddies.”
”必须澄清：这不是胜利。这证明特朗普为给亿万富翁伙伴获取委内瑞拉石油，将我们的军人置于险境。”
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As with most things Trump, the whole truth cannot be found on Truth, nor does imposing one’s own political biases onto the headlines help elucidate it. It didn’t take long, however, for the broad strokes of the deal to leak to the press and for the identity of the “private business” alluded to in Trump’s post to become known. With these revelations, a pattern is emerging that risks being lost in the partisan mud-raking. If we are correct, the US State Department and the Pentagon are leveraging their vast global network of indirect financial resources to bolster a realm of US geopolitical power long under Chinese threat. Whether it succeeds remains to be seen, but few can criticize its boldness. Let’s explore what we think is really going on and why Van Hollen just might be wrong.
如同多数涉及特朗普的事件，完整真相无法在Truth平台觅得，将个人政治偏见强加于头条新闻也无助于厘清事实。但很快，交易的概要通过媒体泄露，特朗普文中提及的”私营企业”身份也浮出水面。随着这些内幕曝光，一个可能被党派攻讦掩盖的模式正在显现。若我们的判断无误，美国国务院和五角大楼正动用其庞大的全球间接金融资源网络，以巩固长期受中国威胁的美国地缘政治势力范围。成败尚待观察，但其胆识鲜有人能诟病。让我们探究真实动向，以及范霍伦可能错在何处。
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