Oil prices topped $100 per barrel on Wednesday, keeping gas prices and the Iran war at the center of the US midterms conversation. Can President Trump burnish his affordability credentials with what he’s calling “the biggest oil deal in world history”?  

On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg Opinion Energy columnist Liam Denning and Andes Bureau Chief Patricia Laya join David Gura to discuss what we know so far about the administration’s plan to take a stake in Venezuelan oil producer North American Blue Energy Partners — and what obstacles the deal could face.

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