We are to blame for that, not OPEC.
We are to blame for what we've done wrong, they are to blame for what they are doing wrong (price gouging etc).
The best way to kill a snake is to remove its food source.
We focus on something positive, i.e. energy independence. The rest takes care of itself. Focusing on trying to control the snake is stupidity.
You don't blame the snake for biting you when you know it is a snake
Yep, you just cut its head off. And that's what Trump is proposing.
Trump can't cut off OPEC's head. He has no leverage. The only real leverage is to become energy independent. All focus and energy in that direction solves the problem. OPEC is a symptom, not the cause. We are the cause of our own problem, because we did not take steps 30+ years ago to become fully self sufficient.
The solution is energy independence. That could happen in a very short time, if we all decided to make it happen together.
But until it happens we might still cut the snake's head off, we'll have more cash left to actually invest in energy independence and there'll be one less disgusting snake in the world.
No, we put 100% of our attention on the real solution to the real problem. OPEC is not the real problem, so wasting time with OPEC is not the real solution.
Every time we avoid a problem, the more the problem grows.
1. Remove all troops from the middle east, period.
2. Mandate solar and natural gas for all government building and vehicles.
3. Open unlimited drilling of oil for 3 years.
4. Put the troops who come home on our borders to secure, convert weapons production to the conversion of automobiles to natural gas.
OPEC, who gives a shit when we don't need them.
I say to hell with the entire middle east, let them nuke themselves.
If we didn't need OPEC, we wouldn't care about them...so the goal and the number one focus and all our energy needs to be diverted to not needing OPEC.
Israel? Stop funding them, they can take care of themselves. If they want to live in that shit hole part of the world, that's their fault, not ours.