2026-09-22
9 分钟NPR.
During President Trump's inaugural address last year,
he promised to refill America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, aka America's backup oil supply.
We will bring prices down.
Fill our strategic reserves up again, right to the top.
Since that day, those reserves have fallen another 30 percent.
A certain war in Iran has resulted in a closed Strait of Hormuz,
which has prevented much of the world's oil from actually getting out.
And in that time, the reserve has served as a price cushion,
shielding Americans from the reality of low global oil supply.
But now this backup oil is running out.
But look, Trump knows this.
He still wants to refill that reserve.
His new answer?
Venezuelan oil.
It's the biggest oil deal and probably it's the biggest deal in the history of our country.
65 billion barrels are ours.
Whether it's with Venezuelan oil or something else, the reserve needs to be refilled
because it is widely considered critical for energy security.
This is The Indicator from Planet Money.