Atop a red carpeted stage before some 400 supporters on a sunny, 78-degree day, the president of the United States rallies the crowd like no other politician can today. “360,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude are right now sitting in the tanker on my left,” he says to thunderous cheers as the crowd affixes their eyes to the massive red and black ship occupying the Port of Corpus Christi. He beckons further left to the group of individuals seated closely to the stage within the mostly standing-room-