"For the moment, those plans seem deep on the back burner, while Trump’s focus is Venezuela, Venezuela, Venezuela and oil, oil, oil.

Americans aren’t blind, and they can see that Trump’s military strike was largely about helping an industry that many Americans detest: the oil industry."

#Trump #Venezuela #imperalism #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #economy #healthcare #affordability
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"As Americans worry about healthcare and affordability, the ‘no more wars’ president is helping oil companies instead. ...

Let’s not forget, with Zohran Mamdani and other Democrats winning big on affordability issues in November, Trump is supposed to travel around the country to give speeches in which he, if he can keep to the script, boasts that he cares big-time about affordability."

~ Steven Greenberg

#Trump #Venezuela #imperalism #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/09/trump-venezuela-domestic-crises

"So, who has the most to gain from the Trump Administration’s takeover? Meet Paul Singer.

Singer is the founder, president & co-CEO of Elliott Investment Management. In November 2025, his company’s affiliate Amber Energy won court approval to acquire the parent company of Citgo, the US-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil company - Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA)."

~ The Feed

#Trump #Venezuela #imperalism #oil #EconomicElites #Citgo #PaulSinger
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https://thefeed1.substack.com/p/meet-the-oligarch-behind-trumps-venzuela

"Oil companies are key partners in Trump’s imperial plans for Latin America. Stocks in ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and ConocoPhillips surged the day after Trump’s illegal attack on Venezuela."

~ Derek Seidman

#Trump #Venezuela #imperalism #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #ExxonMobil #Halliburton #ConocoPhillips #Citgo #PaulSinger
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https://truthout.org/articles/oil-companies-are-key-partners-in-trumps-imperial-plans-for-latin-america

"A huge share of your tax dollar goes to pay for this military. This has become basically a private militia for the oil industry and Wall Street, that's also really bad for you."

~ Sen. Chris Murphy

#Trump #Venezuela #oil #WallStreet #EconomicElites
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https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/invading-venezuela-to-help-big-oil

"Trump told the oil companies about the Venezuela plan, but neglected to tell Congress. This invasion isn’t about protecting Americans, it’s military assistance for big oil and his billionaire friends."

~ Lincoln Project

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #FossilFuels #BigOil #EconomicElites
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https://www.threads.com/@lincolnproject.us/post/DTIsFaTAH1l

"Yet only Donald Trump would so brazenly squander this historic opportunity for true change on the altar of a chimeric windfall—oil, which a 1960s Venezuelan oil minister labeled 'the devil’s excrement.'”

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Machado #NobelPeacePrize #oil #FossilFuels #BigOil #EconomicElites
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