Trump's strategy requires controlling international transportation—both maritime shipping routes and overland pipelines—to prevent rivals from exporting oil and to force all trade to pass through US-controlled chokepoints.

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Speaker

Michael Hudson

Evidence Quote

In order to uh the oil imposing the US control of the world oil trade to get its income for itself and the artificial intelligence computer technology trade, uh it the US does need to control shipping and international transportation as well because the way that how can you export your oil without doing it by ships or by overland means such as a pipelines.

Source

Michael Hudson: The U.S. Plan to Revive Geoeconomic DominanceGlenn Diesen
Created: 8/12/2026, 5:57:21 PM

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