The world’s biggest oil companies have just reported almost $93 billion in quarterly profits after oil prices surged during the latest Middle East conflict.
While families struggle with higher fuel bills, rising food prices and increasing transport costs, the world’s energy giants are counting their billions.
One can’t help wondering…
Is Donald Trump the man they’re secretly thanking?
No public speeches.
No press releases.
No corporate statements.
Just executives quietly looking at record profits and thinking, “Thanks, Mr President.”
Trump’s military action against Iran intensified tensions across one of the world’s most important oil-producing regions. Whether through disruption, uncertainty or fears over supply, markets reacted exactly as they usually do—oil prices rose.
And when oil prices rise…
The oil companies smile.
Consumers pay.
Shareholders celebrate.
Supporters argue the military action was driven by national security and foreign policy objectives, not oil markets. But whatever the motivation, the financial consequences for the energy industry have been enormous.
The biggest winners have not been motorists.
They have not been small businesses.
They have not been ordinary families.
They have been the companies selling the oil.
Nearly $93 billion in profits in just three months tells its own story.
Perhaps no one inside the oil industry would ever publicly admit it.
But if higher oil prices deliver record-breaking profits, you have to wonder whether there are a few boardrooms where executives are quietly raising a glass to the man whose actions helped tighten global supply and drive prices higher.
No applause.
No headlines.
Just silent gratitude…
…and another few billion dollars added to the balance sheet.
Meanwhile, the public is left paying the bill every time they fill up their car or heat their home.
The biggest question isn’t whether the oil companies made billions.
It’s whether ordinary people should always be the ones who pay the price whenever geopolitical conflict sends energy markets soaring.
Because while the public counts pennies…
Big Oil counts profits.
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