Fareed Zakaria
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But it never happened.
And it never happened because we were honorable about saying we're taking everyone's interests into account.
And as you say, we made mistakes and all that, but
compared to other great powers that dominated the world.
You know, the United States has been remarkable in having this enlightened self-interest.
And it took 80 years to build that level of trust.
And my great fear is that, as you say, for kind of like...
almost misguided notions of economic wealth.
We're squandering it because what are we going to get?
First of all, the Venezuelan oil is a bit of a mirage.
Most people don't realize they talk about Venezuela having the largest oil reserves in the world, 300 million.
You know where that number comes from?
Hugo Chavez one day crippled the estimate of Venezuela's...
Chavez is a bit like Trump that way.
We're not getting the good numbers?
Yeah.
I love the cal classifications.
The stuff we produce is called light sweet.
And theirs is heavy, crude.
Who wants that?