Trump's True Intentions for Venezuela Begin to Emerge

[Yssup Rider]

Originally Posted by Salty Again

... Which is what the whole point of the exercise may have been
in the first place, mate... Fair and Honest Elections there.

#### Salty

This is an exercise? Trump has done nothing but corrupt election fairness since he first got creamed in the popular vote by Hillary.

How about some fair and honest elections here?

You mean take all the oil and run venezuelaaaa, right?

[RX792P]

Will Trump attempt to 'nationalize' (steal?) Russian oil assets in Venezuela...like he says Venezuela did to the US?

Russia's Roszarubezhneft firm said that all the company's assets in Venezuela were the property of Russia and it would stick to its commitments to international partners there, TASS news agency reported.

In November, Venezuela's National Assembly approved a 15-year extension of the joint ventures between ⁠state company PDVSA and a unit of Russia's Roszarubezhneft that operate two oilfields in the South American country's western region.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/finance/...110601404.html

[RX792P]

Hmmm... oil prices are jumping based on concerns of Trump action in Iran (heightened geopolitical risks).

Maybe this is part of Trump's plan to get oil prices high enough to make Venezuelan crude practical to extract (breakeven costs have been estimated at $80+ per barrel)

I suppose he may not have figured out this will contradict his 'cheap gas' stories.

Anecdotal only but in DFW area gas dropped to around the $2/gal mark but has rebounded to the mid $2.35/gal range.

[RX792P]

Semafor reporting first Venezuelan oil sale
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/1...ceeds-in-qatar

The Trump administration’s first sale of Venezuelan oil is valued at $500 million, an administration official told Semafor.

Revenue from the oil sales is currently being held in bank accounts controlled by the US government, as indicated in Friday’s order, according to the administration official. The main account, according to a second senior administration official, is located in Qatar.

Qatar? Where have I heard that name?
Oh yeah...something about a Boeing 747-8 luxury jetliner as a gift from the Qatari government. But I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

[RX792P]

Semafor reporting first Venezuelan oil sale
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/1...ceeds-in-qatar

The Trump administration’s first sale of Venezuelan oil is valued at $500 million, an administration official told Semafor.

Revenue from the oil sales is currently being held in bank accounts controlled by the US government, as indicated in Friday’s order, according to the administration official. The main account, according to a second senior administration official, is located in Qatar.

Qatar? Where have I heard that name?
Oh yeah...something about a Boeing 747-8 luxury jetliner as a gift from the Qatari government. But I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

[RX792P]

Semafor reporting first Venezuelan oil sale
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/1...ceeds-in-qatar

The Trump administration’s first sale of Venezuelan oil is valued at $500 million, an administration official told Semafor.

Revenue from the oil sales is currently being held in bank accounts controlled by the US government, as indicated in Friday’s order, according to the administration official. The main account, according to a second senior administration official, is located in Qatar.

Qatar? Where have I heard that name?
Oh yeah...something about a Boeing 747-8 luxury jetliner as a gift from the Qatari government. But I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

Wonder who bought that oil, and at what price/bbl?

[RX792P]

double post

[Precious_b]

Originally Posted by RX792P

Semafor reporting first Venezuelan oil sale
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/1...ceeds-in-qatar

The Trump administration’s first sale of Venezuelan oil is valued at $500 million, an administration official told Semafor.

Revenue from the oil sales is currently being held in bank accounts controlled by the US government, as indicated in Friday’s order, according to the administration official. The main account, according to a second senior administration official, is located in Qatar.

Qatar? Where have I heard that name?
Oh yeah...something about a Boeing 747-8 luxury jetliner as a gift from the Qatari government. But I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

What do you want to bet that we're going to be hearing about a committee opening up over allegations of massive money skimming and outright theft from these accounts?

[RX792P]

[snark on] Let's see...Venezuela was a distraction from the Epstein files...Greenland was a distraction from Venezuela...next? [/snark off]

Iraq’s reconstruction effort had a United Nations mandate, a special inspector general and international monitors overseeing its oil fund — and it still lost track of $8.7 billion.

Venezuela’s oil fund has Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a Qatari bank account.

What could go wrong.....

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/0...-cash-00739251

[CPT Savajo]

The thing that I find intriguing about Trump's move on Venezuela is that it occurred the day after the Chinese literally banned silver exports to the West. 1 January Chinese cut off silver exports, 2 Jan Trump moves on Venezuela to cock block the Chinese/Venezuela oil trade, cuts off Russian shadow oil fleet of tankers to and from Venezuela. Tit for tat! The Rich fighting and arguing amongst themselves. But remember it's about drug cartels in Venezuela LOL

[Precious_b]

Originally Posted by RX792P

[snark on] Let's see...Venezuela was a distraction from the Epstein files...Greenland was a distraction from Venezuela...next? [/snark off]



What could go wrong.....

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/0...-cash-00739251

That is a scenario that the gluttonous orange greedy grifter salavates over. No transparent oversight of where the moolah is going.

[RX792P]

At $9 off Brent, that'd be about $55/bbl. Will those prices justify a decision to spend many many billions of dollars on rejuvenating the Venezuela oil industry...during a period of increasing oil inventories?

Valero bought a cargo of ​Venezuelan crude oil, two sources said on Wednesday, the first deal by a U.S. Gulf Coast refiner struck as part of Washington's deal with Caracas to buy up to 50 million barrels of the South American country's crude.

Valero bought the crude ⁠from trading house Vitol, one of the two sources said. The crude was traded for delivery to the U.S. Gulf Coast at a discount of about $8.50 to $9.50 to Brent crude, two sources said.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/finance/...011130571.html

[Levianon17]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

This is an exercise? Trump has done nothing but corrupt election fairness since he first got creamed in the popular vote by Hillary.

How about some fair and honest elections here?

You mean take all the oil and run venezuelaaaa, right?

Those days are over, been over for decades.