I interpreted his "liquidate them" comment to mean basically forcing the companies to break apart and sell everything off, (perhaps seizing all their assets jud

I interpreted his "liquidate them" comment to mean basically forcing the companies to break apart and sell everything off, (perhaps seizing all their assets judicially). So, presumably, we'd still have a bunch of oil companies, but they wouldn't be the ones we have now, or nearly as powerful, and their current owners would all be up a creek.