The Suspicious Timing Behind Trump's “Biggest Oil Deal In History”

President Donald Trump made a potentially market-moving announcement last Friday evening. He said the United States had reached what he called “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY,” giving the U.S. majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves. Trump further claimed that the agreement would greatly increase U.S. oil supplies and substantially lower gasoline prices. Let me be clear at the onset that I have seen no evidence that Trump, members of his family, administration…