七十三年前，华盛顿认定一位通过选举产生的首相不利于石油市场。穆罕默德·摩萨台将英国-伊朗石油公司（英国石油公司的前身）国有化。1953年8月，他被推翻。几十年代里，美国一直在淡化自身的作用。直到2013年，美国中央情报局根据《信息自由法》公布的内部历史文件表明，这场政变是“在中央情报局的指挥下作为美国外交政策的一项行动”实施的。被扶上台的国王统治直到1979年——而伊朗政治至今仍带有这一伤痕。
Seventy-three years ago, Washington decided that an elected prime minister was bad for the oil market. Mohammad Mossadegh had nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, the forerunner of BP. In August 1953, he was overthrown. For decades, the United States played down its part. Then in 2013 the CIA’s internal history, released under freedom of information law, stated that the coup was carried out “under CIA direction as an act of U.S. foreign policy.”The shah it restored ruled until 1979 — and Iranian politics still carries the scar.
10月10日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普对记者表示，是时候“让乌克兰换个新总统了”。他的不满与腐败或战场失利毫无关系。弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基一直在打击俄罗斯的炼油厂，而特朗普称这伤害了需要柴油的美国农民和牧场主。“他最好他妈的停下来，”特朗普补充道。
On Oct. 10, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters it was “time for Ukraine to get a new president.”His grievance had nothing to do with corruption or battlefield losses. Volodymyr Zelenskyy kept hitting Russian refineries, and Trump says that hurts American farmers and ranchers who need diesel. “He better damn well stop,” Trump added.