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

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4. My husband worked for PDVSA

In 1976, Venezuela nationalized her oil and created Petroleos de Venezuela. He was hired to oversee seismic exploration for a Venezuelan exploration company and later went to work as an advisor for PDVSA. I moved there as a new bride and we lived there for 10 plus years. It is a beautiful country with warm, fun loving people. In a lot of ways it reminded me of Texas.

The history of American oil companies there began in the 1930s under a dictatorship. Mobil, Gulf, Exxon etc established camps like military bases for their workers. They had their own schools, commissaries, clubs whatever - little America. Venezuelans were restricted to lawn work, maids, waiters, bus boys, etc. After nationalization, the camps were open to Venezuelans as American oil complies left in a huff. We were there during the Falklands War and left before Chavez became President.

If Trump had tried that - there would have been a war with most of South America.