If Alberta can gets oil to market first, it will also better withstand Venezuelan competition when that country gets its stuff together.

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United States President Donald Trump welcomes chaos — he thrives on it. In his book, the Art of the Deal, he argues creating chaos is a good negotiating strategy. Most people crave stability so subjecting them to chaos makes them desperate to make a deal quickly.

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The problem is, with Trump’s limited attention span, he seldom sticks with a project long enough to turn his chaos into meaningful reform. Once he has created chaos, he loses interest and abandons the country or conflict and leaves the situation in limbo.

Of course, with his blessing, U.S. armed forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month an extricated him to the United States on drug trafficking charges.

But before his administration had stabilized the chaos in Venezuela, Trump had moved onto threats........

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