After Iranian drone attack against Saudi oil facilities:

DOJ permits merger between Standard Oil and Saudi Aramco

In a desperate turn to secure future oil supplies to US, the Attorney  General William Barr has recently released its permission to Standard Oil to merge with Saudi Aramco, whose facilities have recently been hit by an allegedly Iranian drone attack that has cut down five percent of worldwide oil resources. The move has been condemned by human rights groups as well as world leaders of most European countries.
Due to toughening circumstances as prospected by secretary of commerce, Wilbur Ross, and the ongoing trade war with China, the Department of Justice has permitted US crude oil giant Standard Oil and Exxon to merge with Saudi Aramco, the Saud's state-owned oil company victimised by a drone  attack whose responsibility has not been claimed by any side yet. The merger is said to ascertain future supplies of oil and stabilise the global situation, Ross is quoted by White House officials who only talked to us under presumption to be kept anonymous after being barred from talking to reporters. Furthermore, officials told us that several Senators were uncertain about the outside reception of the merger, especially among US allies. One of them was cited to have said that he was «partially shook about the decision,» referring to the currently intense developments in the Middle East. «I don't believe it was such a good idea to now signal such a strong relation with the kingdom of Saud,» one Senator is anonymously quoted. «Of course we cannot side with Iran at any time, regarding their yearlong animosity towards our ally Israel. In regards to their human rights record, there is no chance we are ever going to become allies, that's for sure. But on the other hand, to choose the Saudis, this could worsen a diplomatic approach to ending the war in Yemen.»

An oil rig in the desert 
(Image by Johannes Plenio from Pixabay)

Other Senators were also concerned about the influence Saudi Aramco might have on Exxon and Standard Oil, referring to probable preconditions the Arabic company might have mentioned to require prior to signing the merger. «It's naïve to believe that they wouldn't submit any requirements in order to merge with us just because their sole source of economical well-being was hit colossally,» one White House Official with a vast experience in foreign policies of the Middle East and former senior adviser with George W. Bush was quoted. «The Saudis know who they are talking to, and they are savvy tradesman. And what do we have, on our behest? A moody narcissist and a posse of power-obsessed old men who just want to fill their pockets before retiring on their country residences, watching our nation being devoured by sodomites from their rocking chairs on their porches. Please pardon my language, but it feels like I didn't have any power to stop this from happening!»*

An official White House statement stating the successful permission of this merger explains that with the legal seal, the US economy would «prosper, and all US Americans, even the deniers, pessimists and naysayers, are going to profit from it.» The president has not yet spoken publicly about the issue to address journalists and the American people, but wrote via Twitter that «today is a GREAT day for AMERICA! We have just reached the MOST TREMENDOUS deal in HISTORY! Now we are really going to #MAGA. Forget about all the crooks and skepticists who told us to not make such deals with the Saudis, they just want YOU to not WIN at all. They fear all that WINNING!»

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*We strongly oppose any of these points of view of this kind; any kind of racism, prejudices and whatever former Bush officials might hold dear as true patriots.