The truth behind Donald Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’
The US’s oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented Donald Trump has long coveted the oilfields of other nations and declared an agreement with Venezuela to be “the biggest oil deal in world history”. But the deal, reached after the US seized Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, is almost certainly doomed to…
Donald Trump's aspiration to seize oil from foreign nations, including Venezuela, has been a long-standing ambition. After the US seized Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, an agreement was reached, which Trump has claimed as "the biggest oil deal in world history." However, a Guardian investigation reveals that the deal is likely to fail due to numerous legal and logistical problems.
The concept of taking oil from other countries after military conflict is not new for Trump, as he has expressed similar thoughts about Iran, Libya, and Iraq.
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