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President Trump announced plans for American oil firms to enter Venezuela after its invasion, despite high costs and industry hesitation, focusing on oil access and regime change goals.
- About a week after the invasion, President Trump met with executives from American oil companies to discuss plans for Venezuela and announced sending US firms there.
- President Trump is seeking a 1.5 trillion dollar military increase, and Senator Lindsey Graham welcomed that Venezuela could be the first of many regime-change wars.
- Some oil executives reacted tepidly as rebuilding Venezuela's oil industry could cost as much as a billion dollars, while Venezuelan crude requires costly solvents and transport amid nationalization and US fracking shifts.
- Trump contends tariffs can pay for the buildup, but analysis finds the bulk would come from other taxes including the Federal Reserve's regressive inflation tax.
- A Pew poll shows younger Americans are less supportive of activist foreign policy, and continued betrayal of a no-more-regime-change pledge risks Republicans losing younger-voter support.
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The Rubicon crossed – Team Trump’s nihilistic anti-values paradigm - The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity
So, finally an act of unvarnished predatory action by Trump and his team – the abduction of President Maduro in a lightning night-time military strike – has launched 2026 into a pivotal moment. A pivotal moment not just for Latin America, but for global politics. The “Venezuela method” is aligned with Trump’s “business first” approach which is rooted in constructing a “financial reward system,” whereby diverse stakeholders to a conflict are offe…
The Rubicon crossed – Team Trump’s nihilistic anti-values paradigm
by Alastair Crooke, Strategic Culture: So, finally an act of unvarnished predatory action by Trump and his team – the abduction of President Maduro in a lightning night-time military strike – has launched 2026 into a pivotal moment. A pivotal moment not just for Latin America, but for global politics. The ‘Venezuela method’ is aligned […]
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Making Imperialism Great Again?
It did not take long for President Trump to change the reason for sending the US military to “arrest” Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. The allegation that President Maduro ran a drug cartel was front and center in the months leading up to President Maduro’s “arrest.” Afterwards, President…
Mad King Trump Says He Is El Presidente De Venezuela Ahora
Photo by Andrés Silva on UnsplashWith the war at home distracting from Donald Trump’s threats to take over Cuba, Colombia and Greenland distracting from the Epstein files distracting from all of Trump’s many other failures and sinking approval ratings, what’s going on with Venezuela? Many shambolic things!It was just a little over a week ago that the US did a “law enforcement operation” down there, killing at least 74 Venezuelan and Cuban soldie…
What was Trump's illegal attack on Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro really about? Interview with author Geo Maher
Last week, the Trump administration launched an attack on Venezuela to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Venezuelan officials say at least 40 people were killed in the airstrikes, which resulted in Maduro and Flores being transported to a Manhattan federal court to face drug trafficking charges. The abduction came amid escalating acts of war against Venezuela. In recent weeks, the U.S. has seized ships, bombe…
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