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“… Gulf monarchies, and possibly by Russia and China – the latter a country that finally seems to be stirring itself to find a solution to the blockade in the strait of Hormuz which is preventing badly needed Middle East oil exports from reaching its…”

“On Tuesday, a week before election day, Donald Trump stood in front of an oil tanker docked in Corpus Christi, Texas to announce that the first million barrels of oil from his deal with Venezuela had arrived in the state.”

“He bragged about extracting Venezuela’s oil resources and fantasized about making the country “the 51st state” in a speech this week in Corpus Christi, Texas, during which he showed off a tanker he claimed was carrying 1m barrels of oil and repeated a phrase…”

“The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has questioned Donald Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela’s interim government, saying the country’s natural resources do not belong to “an illegitimate regime”.”

“Trump suggested on Tuesday that Venezuela would become the 51st US state as the president showed off a tanker he claimed had “1m barrels of oil on it” from the country, nine months after deposing its president.”

“He wanted an easy Venezuela-style, regime-altering victory (and sweetheart oil deals).”

“At a campaign rally in Corpus Christ, Texas, Trump touted a US oil deal with Venezuela, which the US attacked in January, capturing its long-serving leader Nicolás Maduro.”

“He started off by gesturing to an oil tanker docked just outside the campaign event, filled, he said, with Venezuelan crude-oil – a product of the deal his administration inked with Venezuela’s new, US-pliant leadership.”

“It is as obvious to Trump that Moscow has a seigneurial right over Ukraine as it is that he should be allowed to decide who governs Venezuela and who sells its oil.”

“…ranking US officials – including the head of the CIA, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff and the energy secretary, Chris Wright – have visited Caracas, while Trump recently trumpeted striking “the biggest oil deal in world history” with Rodríguez’s…”

“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”.”

“Trump bragged of the recent oil deal between the US and Venezuela, as she appeared to wince.”

“That was the feeling among observers at the UN general assembly, an annual festival of hobnobbing and dealmaking for global leaders.”

“Ukraine stepped up its attacks on Russia’s energy sector over the weekend, launching its largest reported strike yet on the Moscow region in a barrage that struck a major Moscow oil refinery and killed three people.”

“…igil, a former treasury department expert, observed that in dealing with the “same corrupt regime, different leader … the Trump administration has provided almost no information on the system it has established to sell Venezuelan oil, collect the revenue, and…”

“The Trump administration is seeking greater US access to Venezuela’s minerals, including gold, as it expands its push to gain control and influence over the South American country’s vast natural resources beyond oil, according to three sources familiar with…”

““We did Venezuela and we did this.”

“The deal makes BP one of the first large-scale international oil firms to return to Venezuela after rival Shell secured a licence to develop the first phase of the Loran field earlier this summer.”