THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Joseph Addington) - Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal Is a Big Gamble
The president is anxious for a win, but taking over Venezuela’s oil reserves might prove a poison pill. The post Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal Is a Big Gamble appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal Is a Big Gamble The president is anxious for a win, but taking over Venezuela’s oil reserves might prove a poison pill. (Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images) At the end of August, President Donald Trump announced a major deal with the government of Venezuela. The agreement would give the U.S. functional control of about 20 percent of Venezuela’s oil, which equates to over 65 billion barrels—or almost one and a half times more oil than the United States has in its own current proven reserves (which total approximately 46 billion barrels). The vehicle for the deal is…Open
SUBSTACK (The Grayzone) - 'A deal signed at gunpoint'- Francisco Rodríguez slams neocolonial US-Venezuela oil pact
After kidnapping Venezuela's President and First Lady, the Trump administration has struck a historic deal with Venezuela's unelected leadership that effectively grants it control over one fifth of the country's massive oil reserves.
Economist Francisco Rodríguez tells The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal why he believes the deal represents "gunpoint diplomacy," with Venezuela's de facto President Delcy Rodríguez essentially gifting the US billions of barrels of crude in order to avoid the same fate as her predecessor. Conducted under the auspices of a corporation run by a Venezuelan oligarch facing multiple money laundering indictments abroad, with little transparency and absolute US control, Rodríguez describes the deal as an unprecedented sell-off of Venezuela's sovereignty that will open the floodgates of corruption. Francisco Rodríguez is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and a Faculty Affiliate at the University of Denver’s…Open
STRIPES (Stars and Stripes Brie...) - Check the fine print on Trump’s new oil deal with Venezuela | Stars and Stripes
If Donald Trump thinks prices at the pump are coming down before the midterms, or even during his presidency, he should think again.
DAILYCALLER (David Blackmon) - What Happens With The US-Venezuela Oil Deal After 2028?
‘what if the winner in 2028 is a TDS-afflicted Democrat’
NYTIMES (Rebecca F. Elliott, Julie Turkewitz and Leanne Abraham) - The U.S. Wants the Oil From These 17 Venezuelan Fields
A private oil company has struck a deal with the Trump administration to develop 17 areas in Venezuela, an effort that experts say will take years and billions of dollars.
NYTIMES (Simon Romero, Julie Turkewitz, Edward Wong and Alan Feuer) - Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s Partner in Venezuelan Oil Deal, Has Faced Investigations
Alejandro Betancourt has been targeted by multiple investigations. Now he’s the U.S. government’s unrivaled partner in President Trump’s bid to control Venezuelan oil resources.
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - Trump, Venezuelan Oil, and National Security
RawPixel.com By William R. Hawkins The core attributes of any energy source are reliability, cost, and security. Gaining control of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves advances each of those attributes for the benefit of America and Americans.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ted Snider) - Trump Plunders Venezuela
In 2023, Donald Trump lamented that, under the Biden administration, the U.S. was again buying oil from Venezuela. When he left office at the end of his first term, Trump said, “Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over, we would have gotten all that oil.” In his second term, he did. […] The post Trump Plunders Venezuela appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Trump Plunders Venezuela The administration has, in effect, stolen the South American country’s oil. Photo by Diko Betancourt/Anadolu via Getty Images In 2023, Donald Trump lamented that, under the Biden administration, the U.S. was again buying oil from Venezuela. When he left office at the end of his first term, Trump said, “Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over, we would have gotten all that oil.” In his second term, he did. Trump announced last week that the U.S. “just entered into an Agreement with the…Open
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Venezuelans Not Happy About Giving US One-Fifth Of Their Oil Reserves
Many citizens of the South American country believe the deal looks like a surrender.