At a moment when American drivers are paying the highest fuel prices in years and the nation's strategic reserves are running thin, President Trump has announced what he calls the largest oil deal in history — an agreement granting the United States control over 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's vast but long-neglected reserves. The deal, born from the political upheaval following Nicolás Maduro's removal from power, reflects a recurring human impulse: to solve present scarcity by reaching toward abundance that has always existed just beyond reach. Whether the agreement transforms promise into