Trump took the USA off OPEC's dripline

https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/13/opec-oil-imports-low/
U.S. crude oil imports from the Saudi Arabian-led OPEC fell to a 30-year low, according to the latest federal figures.

OPEC imports fell to 1.5 million barrels per day in March, which is the lowest level since March 1986, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Thursday. EIA said OPEC imports fell “as domestic crude oil production has increased.”

The last time Americans were this independent from OPEC oil former President Ronald Reagan was in office and Halley’s Comet was visible in the night’s sky. EIA also noted that U.S. sanctions on Venezuela drove imports to a record low, including periods when the U.S. took no oil from it.

The U.S. also imported less from Iraq. Other OPEC members shipped less to the U.S. as part of the oil cartel’s strategy to keep crude prices up in the face of booming American production.