I’m not pouring cold water on the deal just yet—but let’s say I’m keeping the champagne corked. There’s one inconvenient little detail that could derail the whole thing: unlike the state-run oil fiefdoms of OPEC+, the U.S. energy sector isn’t run by presidential decree. It’s made up of private companies. Independent, profit-driven, and under no obligation to play along with political theater.
If the numbers don’t work, or if the barrels are already spoken for elsewhere, that’s it—no deal. The administration can fume and posture all it wants, but it doesn’t sign the contracts. That’s the price—and the privilege—of real market freedom. The same constitutional backbone that underpins American life also keeps politicians’ fingers out of private enterprise.So yes, it could come together. But don’t pop the bubbly just yet. The market still gets the final word.
https://www.powerthefuture.com/trumps-historic-energy-deal-with-europe-proves-u-s-energy-dominance/