The Trump administration is doing the right thing by placing economic sanctions on Venezuela’s state-run oil company, which it rightly identifies as a tool for the country’s corrupt socialist government to pillage the people it purports to represent. Senator Marco Rubio talks about the “Maduro crime family,” which is exactly right.


In related news: It turns out that having a gigantic domestic supply of energy makes doing the right thing easier in many circumstances. Thank the guys down in Midland for giving the United States its foreign policy back.