Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Trump Admits U.S. Taxpayers Are on the Hook for His Venezuelan Oil Plan

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-admits-us-taxpayers-on-the-hook-for-venezuelan-oil-plan/ 

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Trump Admits U.S. Taxpayers Are on the Hook for His Venezuelan Oil Plan

Cameron Adams

Politics

CRUDE ECONOMICS

The president says it will cost a “tremendous” amount to salvage Venezuela’s oil industry.

Cameron Adams

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Donald Trump has admitted that American taxpayers could be tapped to fund the “tremendous” investment needed to upgrade oil production in Venezuela.

After U.S. special forces removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power in a pre-dawn raid on Saturday, Trump said he planned to seize the country’s huge oil reserves and put them under the control of American oil companies.

In a new phone interview with NBC

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