Trump shows off tanker with ‘1m barrels of oil’ and floats Venezuela as 51st state
Summary
Donald Trump said Venezuela could one day become a U.S. state while promoting an oil agreement with the country’s interim government. He pointed to a tanker he said carried one million barrels of Venezuelan oil and claimed the deal would provide billions of barrels, as critics questioned the lack of progress toward democratic elections.Key Facts
- Trump made the remarks at a rally in Corpus Christi, Texas.
- Trump said the tanker off the Texas coast carried one million barrels of oil from Venezuela.
- Trump said the oil agreement with Venezuela’s interim government could cover billions of barrels.
- Trump claimed the oil was being provided to the United States at no cost to U.S. taxpayers.
- The article says U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in January and took him to New York to face criminal charges.
- The article says Venezuela has held no elections since Maduro was detained.
- The article links rising U.S. fuel prices to the war with Iran and Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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