https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/trump-venezuela-oil.htmlPresident Donald Trump said Tuesday evening that the interim authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States.Trump, in a social media post, said the oil will be sold at its market price, “and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!”“I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately,” Trump wrote. “It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States.”Trump said that the oil being turned over the U.S. was “high quality” and “sanctioned.”The announcement came three days after U.S. forces captured Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro, and his wife in Caracas, and took them to New York, where they are charged in a federal drug-trafficking conspiracy indictment.The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Trump plans to meet with representatives from the major U.S. oil companies Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Exxon Mobil, along with other domestic producers, at the White House on Friday “to discuss making significant investments in Venezuela’s oil sector.”Trump has said that U.S. oil companies would end up investing billions of dollars to rehabilitate Venezuela’s aging oil production capabilities.Chevron currently operates in Venezuela, the only U.S. oil company to do so. The assets of ConocoPhillips and Exxon were nationalized by Venezuela’s then-President Hugo Chávez in the mid-2000s.
>>1472543We pump 14 million barrels a day. This is literally just three days of oil.
>>1472545Yeah but it makes for a really cool sounding tweet, and that is the guiding principle of Trump's presidency.
>>1472543So that's outright theft.
>>1472545Ok but have you considered that this will make oil stocks go up by 0.1%? Have you forgotten that oil execs have feelings?
>>1472582Will it even? This is literally a drop in the bucket, plus they still have to process it anyway since it's all crude.
If trump just chopper money this to the people. 30 million and 40 million Bartels. At 60 bums a barrol that be between 2-3 mounths pay per Venezuelen år day. Shane that is not how it worksShitty scorce for Avg USD montly pay https://bdeex.com/venezuela/
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-venezuela-oil-deal-angers-china-pushes-prices-down-2026-01-07/HOUSTON/BEIJING, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Global oil prices fell on Wednesday and China denounced the U.S. as a bully after President Donald Trump's administration said it had persuaded Venezuela to divert supplies from Beijing and import up to $2 billion worth of sanctioned crude.The deal was in line with Trump's stated aim of controlling the South American OPEC member's vast oil reserves after deposing its leader Nicolas Maduro whom it had long cast as a drug-trafficking dictator in league with Washington's foes.Maduro's Socialist Party allies remain in power in Venezuela, where interim President Delcy Rodriguez is treading a fine line between denouncing his "kidnapping" and kick-starting cooperation with the U.S. under explicit threats from Trump.TRUMP: OIL MONEY 'WILL BE CONTROLLED BY ME'He said the U.S. would refine and sell up to 50 million barrels of crude stuck in Venezuela under a U.S. blockade as a first step in his plan to revive a sector long in decline despite sitting on the largest reserves in the world."This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!" Trump posted on Tuesday.Sources at state oil company PDVSA told Reuters negotiations for an export deal had progressed, though Venezuela's government made no official announcement.Crude prices fell around 1.0% on world markets due to anticipated increased supplies.The deal could initially require cargoes bound for Venezuela's top buyer China to be rerouted as Caracas seeks to unload millions of barrels stranded in tankers and storage.
Doesn't this stuff happen all the time?>Executive Order 12170 froze about US$8.1 billion in Iranian assets, including bank deposits, gold and other properties. It also imposed a trade embargo. The sanctions were lifted in January 1981 as part of the Algiers Accords, which was a negotiated settlement of the hostages’ release.[6]Jimmy Carter froze billions in Iranian assets.George HW Bush and George W Bush froze the international assets of Saddam Hussein and Iraq.Barack Obama went after international assets owned by Gaddafi and Libya North Koreans have had their assets frozen by democrats and republicans
>>1472711You realize there's a difference between asset freezings and abducting their president?
>>1472717>Trump says Venezuela to give up to 50 million barrels of oil to U.S. I thought this news article was about the seizing of oil, not Maduro's capture
>>1472727Technically it's neither; the oil isn't really being seized as much as being given.
>>1472579> to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuelaits for their sake
>>1472734So someone breaks into your house, takes over your kitchen and your garden and says it's for your benefit. You get no say in the matter, they just take what you have, decide how it's used and who they want to sell it to. In exchange they decide what food you get to eat, it's for your benefit because they deemed you weren't using what you had well enough. No. Fuck you, imperialist swine. Theft is theft. Americans are criminals, bullies and theives. Trump should be hung for his war crimes.
No files, no jobs, no benefits to the average American
>>1472737That's how Child Protective Services works in America, commie.
>>1472765Sovereign countries aren't children, you disingenuous mossad swine. Trump and Miller have made clear that America simply doesn't care about actual international law, that the only thing that matters is power. You, like them are disgusting, evil imperialist garbage. Keep pushing those buttons and breaking the law. The inevitable fate of shitty empires like yours is on the horizon.
>>1472774They basically are, considering we babysit more than half of the northern hemisphere. And we enforce international law.>The inevitable fate of shitty empires like yours is on the horizon.I'm laughing for real right now.We have an entire industry built up around destabilizing foreign nations like yours. When you get drafted to fight against CIA-backed insurgency groups, and all your women decide to seek asylum in America, I'll be sure to write you a postcard.
>>1472790No, they basically aren't. America meddles in them and fucks with democratically elected governments they don't like. Nice that you mix threats into your statement of might makes right. Your Jewish nose is showing. By your own logic though, the US being run by a convicted felon (in his own country) abd well known pedophile and rapist, he really should be abducted and put on trial. Of course your answer to that is no because America strong. And no, Canada will never be part of your country. But the more America implodes and falls apart it's only better for us. We still have cannons pointed in your durection from the last time you tried and failed to take us over. I look forward to the next attempt.
>>1472543It's now hard confirmed the money from this will not be going into the US treasury. It will be going into off-shore accounts presumably owned by Trump himself.Enough is enough.
>>1472802>And no, Canada will never be part of your country.Your country has already begun to balkanize due to a failing economy. Cascadia will be united and the Quebecois cry deep, effeminate anime tears.
>>1472790imagine posting shit like this and actively being in favor of CIA glowniggers ruining countries.> all your women decide to seek asylum in America,kek yeah it'll just be women, you're a delusional retard and it is hilarious
>>1472737/wooshgod you're an autistic clown, are you that fucking stupid it was obvious sarcasm.
>>1472851>Quebecois cry deepas someone whose stuck living here good, we have the literal nazi language police and fuck the liberals.
>>1472802>We still have cannons pointed in your durection>durectionHoly esl alert!! These lefty shills are getting even more foreign by the day!>>1472839>Its now hard confirmed the money from this will not be going into the US treasury. It will be going into off-shore accounts presumably owned by Trump himself.But the US is purchasing the oil anon. The money is going from the US to Venezuela Learn 2 read English, esl raj
>>1472859Your feelings seem hurt, esl shill. Is it because of your moniker here?
>>1472854We all have our masters. Ours is Israel, yours is America.
