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In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.” ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

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Over 200 people in small boats killed by US. No evidence of drugs? Drug cartels still in place? US supports existing regime with no new elections scheduled. US gets Venezuelan oil. US controls the money from sale of Venezuelan oil. With "friends" like the US, who needs enemies?

And we should. It should be a priority to make sure that future politicians know that they will lose out and we will punish them. Not for revenge, but as a lesson to never try this shit again.

I am shocked that Trump used our military and money to gain access to Venezuela’s oil and give it to his friends, who probably cut him in on the deal. 🍑💩🔥

Don't tell me you expected something else. I think after this disaster the people of the USA should change the impossibility to sue a president for self-enrichment.

Seven years after the last REAL Republican President, Dwight Eisenhower, warned against the rise of the "military-industrial complex," the Star Trek: The Original Series episode A Piece of the Action did a parody on the REAL rulers of Earth (and beyond).

Is SenMaj Leader John Thune alive? We wondered about Mitch on his death bed, is Thune on his or is he just watching Musk/Trump/Kushner kill the GOP forever? ICE, their private entrepreneurs making billions, while billions removed from our healthcare by big beautiful bill and GOP majority Congress

Corporate Firewall: The oil deal is designed to prevent future U.S. presidents and Venezuelan leaders from changing or dismantling the enterprise. Hidden Investors: Some of the Trump administration’s partners could remain anonymous, hidden behind a parent company based in Barbados.

The Long Run: It could be many years before the company produces enough oil to be a statistically significant share for the United States.

Surprise, surprise. And I’m equally certain that the Venezuelan people were completely excluded from the deal. Trump is now privatizing whole nations and parcelling them up for his friends and family. That’s why he has been so interested in Greenland, Canada and Ukraine.

Oh! That’s why Rubio when to India last week. India is the only other country that processes and refines the heavy sour crude that Venezuela produces. US does not have enough refining capacity.

"signed" 🏋️ 🏋️ the U.S. invaded and kidnapped and imprisoned it's country's left wing President and his completely innocent wife 🏋️ "reviewed the deal"

Trump announced the biggest oil deal in history. ProPublica found secretive investors, a protected oligarch and a board built to outlast administrations. The oil belongs to Venezuela, the promises belong to America, and the fine print appears to belong to a rather exclusive gentlemen's club.