Trump suggests US taxpayers could reimburse oil firms for Venezuela investment(theguardian.com)
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Trump suggests US taxpayers could reimburse oil firms for Venezuela investment
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/trump-us-taxpayers-oil-firms-venezuela-investment
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It is certainly about oil (and minerals — don't forget about those). It is not about drugs (seriously, anyway: witness the pardon of former president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández [1]).
It is also about:
- Chinese and Russian influence in the region;
- Rubio setting a prelude for invading Cuba;
- Trump's continuing bullying of Mexico and Greenland;
- the Trump patronage machine;
- Trump's incessant, narcissistic obsession with putting his name on everything (e.g., repeatedly referring to the "Donroe Doctrine" to exert effective ownership claims over the entire western hemisphere, even though the Monroe Doctrine was simply directed at staving off further European colonization efforts here);
- giving the military something to shoot at so it doesn't get restless; and, of course,
- distraction from the Epstein Files, the DOJ's brazen disregard for additional deadlines, and Trump's personal abuse of minors and conspiring with Epstein by, at the very least, trafficking minors through Mar-a-Lago.
[1]: https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN12621
It is also about:
- Chinese and Russian influence in the region;
- Rubio setting a prelude for invading Cuba;
- Trump's continuing bullying of Mexico and Greenland;
- the Trump patronage machine;
- Trump's incessant, narcissistic obsession with putting his name on everything (e.g., repeatedly referring to the "Donroe Doctrine" to exert effective ownership claims over the entire western hemisphere, even though the Monroe Doctrine was simply directed at staving off further European colonization efforts here);
- giving the military something to shoot at so it doesn't get restless; and, of course,
- distraction from the Epstein Files, the DOJ's brazen disregard for additional deadlines, and Trump's personal abuse of minors and conspiring with Epstein by, at the very least, trafficking minors through Mar-a-Lago.
[1]: https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN12621
In 2024, the ex-president of Honduras was convicted of conspiring with drug traffickers and using his government position to help hundreds of tons of cocaine enter the United States. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Trump pardoned him right before invading Venezuela and charging Maduro of the same?
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN12621