Trump boasts he wanted to take Venezuela's oil after overthrowing its government

[Judi Lynn]

{Just found this while looking for something else. I'm stunned I never saw it before now!)

Former US President Donald Trump boasted at a Republican Party rally that he wanted to “take over” Venezuela, and “we would have gotten all that oil”. This confirms the sinister motives behind Washington’s 2019 coup attempt to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro and install Juan Guaidó.

By Ben Norton
Published 2023-06-12



Former US President Donald Trump gave a speech in which he boasted that he wanted to “take over” Venezuela and exploit its large oil reserves.

“When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over; we would have gotten to all that oil; it would have been right next door”, Trump said.

“But now we’re buying oil from Venezuela. So we’re making a dictator very rich. Can you believe this? Nobody can believe it”, he added.

Trump made these remarks on June 10, at a speech for a convention organized by the North Carolina Republican Party.

The US government initiated a coup attempt against Venezuela in 2019. The Trump administration appointed a little-known right-wing opposition politician, Juan Guaidó, as the supposed “interim president” of the South American nation, despite the fact that he had never participated in a presidential election.

More:
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/06/12/trump-venezuela-oil-coup/

(You may recall a pathetic gaggle of US mercenaries tried to sneak ashore in Venezuela and were captured right away, with the upshot being Trump did send them 'though he denies it.)