About a week after the invasion, President Trump had a meeting with executives from American oil companies to discuss plans for Venezuela. Some of the companies’ executives at the meeting were less than enthusiastic about developing Venezuelan oil. Among the complications, Venezuelan oil does not easily flow though pipelines unless it is cut with solvents, making it more expensive to transport. Senator Graham even got President Trump to autograph a Make Iran Great Again hat. President Trump claims that tariff revenue can fund the increase, but that is simply not possible.