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World : Trump Floats Idea Of Venezuela Becoming '51st State'

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that Venezuela could become the 51st US state, citing growing oil cooperation between the two countries, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

US President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Venezuela could potentially become the 51st state of the United States, citing the strong relationship between the two countries and growing oil cooperation, according to Anadolu Ajansi. Trump expressed his appreciation for Venezuela during a midterm election rally in Corpus Christi, Texas, stating that their relationship has become "very, very good, a great one."

He announced the arrival of the first one million barrels of free Venezuelan oil under a new agreement between the two nations. Trump claimed that this historic development would give the United States control over a significant portion of the world's oil supply, which would be refined in Texas, including Corpus Christi. The president also mentioned that investments in Venezuela were creating jobs at a scale that he believed would have been unimaginable a year earlier.

Trump stated that the country would become prosperous, and expressed the possibility that Venezuela could someday become the 51st state of the United States, with the proposal of having a governor instead of a president.

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