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  • Trump Admin Gets Deal to Control Lots of Venezuelan Oil

    From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.usa,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Fri Aug 28 21:55:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.politics.usa

    https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/donald-trump-venezuela-oil/2026/08/28/id/1267696/

    President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an
    agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels
    of the South American countryrCOs oil reserves.

    Trump in a social media post announced the agreement he said
    was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense
    Secretary Pete Hegseth and VenezuelarCOs interim President
    Delcy Rodriguez.

    . . .

    This can be viewed as an appreciative Venezuela
    for the US removing Maduro. Might also be viewed
    an example of "US commercial imperialism". All
    depends on your preferred point of view.

    Anyway, for now, the USA does get to profit from
    this contract and Venezuela will get a kickback.

    However how QUICKLY this bounty can be exploited,
    the Venez infrastructure was in bad shape, remains
    to be seen. US gasoline prices really need to get
    down to about the $2.99 range before the midterms.
    Saw $3.75 the other day, but that's not quite
    good enough to turn into political capital.

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  • From Gronk@invalidt@invalid.invalid to talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.usa,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Aug 29 00:02:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.politics.usa

    c186282 wrote:
    https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/donald-trump-venezuela-oil/2026/08/28/id/1267696/
    President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an
    agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels
    of the South American countryrCOs oil reserves.

    Trump in a social media post announced the agreement he said
    was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense
    Secretary Pete Hegseth and VenezuelarCOs interim President
    Delcy Rodriguez.

    . . .

    -a This can be viewed as an appreciative Venezuela
    -a for the US removing Maduro. Might also be viewed

    Uh no.

    -a an example of "US commercial imperialism". All

    And there we are.
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.usa,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Aug 29 02:03:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.politics.usa

    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:55:19 -0400, c186282 wrote:

    US gasoline prices really need to get
    down to about the $2.99 range before the midterms.
    Saw $3.75 the other day, but that's not quite
    good enough to turn into political capital.

    Last ten days gas swung from 3.75 to 3.60 to 3.83.
    --
    It's time to say the quiet part out loud.

    Trump is insane. Biden was insane.

    How can America recover from two insane Presidents in a row?
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