The invasion of Venezuela is not about democracy, national security, or an unavoidable threat.

It is about oil, and Trump has essentially said as much.

Venezuela happens to sit on the largest proven oil reserves in the world — roughly 300 billion barrels. Even developing a fraction of what’s underground would mean locking in decades of new emissions at the exact moment scientists say production needs to rapidly decline. Opening another mega–oil frontier right now would push us closer to a future of permanent heat, fires, floods, displacement, and communities stretched past their breaking point.