The new US push for peace in Libya is — surprise — centered on oil

Massad Boulos — Trump’s Africa and Middle East envoy who is also the father-in-law to Trump’s daughter, Tiffany — has focused much of his diplomatic work in recent months on Libya, criss-crossing the country to meet with members of Libya’s two rival governments in an attempt to secure a power-sharing arrangement between the two.Publicly, Trump’s team has billed this diplomatic effort as a worthy attempt to bring sustained peace and democracy to the country through the formation of a unified government that can put an end to 15 years of armed group violence and political factionalism.But the Tr