"Trump and his allies have now apparently decided to drop all pretense and stick to oil. They are publicly messaging and focused on access to Venezuela’s oil reserves as the primary goal of the military campaign."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #Venezuela #oil
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https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-venezuela-maduro-unprepared
"During his triumphalist press conference after the abduction of Nicolás Maduro, Trump never used the word 'democracy.' He did, however, say 'oil' 27 times, declaring, 'We’re going to take back the oil that, frankly, we should have taken back a long time ago.'
Even so, whatever it is we’re doing in Venezuela isn’t really a war for oil. It is, instead, a war for oil fantasies."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Venezuela #oil
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-emperors-new-oil-wealth
"Donald Trump has said Venezuela will be 'turning over' $2bn worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, a flagship negotiation that would divert supplies from China while helping Venezuela avoid deeper oil production cuts."
~ The Guardian
#Trump #Venezuela #oil
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/07/venezuela-oil-trump-us-latest
@wdlindsy modern robber baron Trump, not only trying to hide his connections to a pedophile ring, no now he's kidnapping presidents of other nations (no matter how bad or good they are) and they have to pay ransom in crude.
