Trump says Venezuela to give up to 50 million barrels of oil to U.S.

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNBC

Published Tue, Jan 6 2026 6:54 PM EST Updated 4 Min Ago


President Donald Trump said Tuesday evening that the interim authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States.

Trump, in a social media post, said the oil will be sold at its market price, “and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!”

“I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately,” Trump wrote. “It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States.” Trump said that the oil being turned over the U.S. was “high quality” and “sanctioned.”

The announcement came three days after U.S. forces captured Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro, and his wife in Caracas, and took them to New York, where they are charged in a federal drug-trafficking conspiracy indictment.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/trump-venezuela-oil.html

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He's sundowning. I expect they promised no such thing.

Article updated.

Original article -

Published Tue, Jan 6 2026 6:54 PM EST Updated 1 Min Ago


President Donald Trump said on Tuesday evening that the interim authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States.

Trump, who announced the transfer in a social media post, said the oil will be sold at its market price, “and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!”

“I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States,” Trump wrote.

The announcement came three days after U.S. forces captured Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife in Caracas, and took them to New York, where they are charged in a federal drug-trafficking conspiracy indictment.

[sheshe2]

1. Liddle Donnie is fibbing again.

[creon]

12. I do not believe him.

I will believe it when I see the proof.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Paying the ransom?

[dpibel]

3. This is uuuuuuuge!!!

Apparently that silly guy thinks he is talking MASSIVE BARRELS OF OIL.

Current U.S. production is 13.83 million barrels per day.

Raise your hand if you think adding 3.5 days' production is well worth invading a foreign country.

[BOSSHOG]

4. Covering up pedophilia is worth it to the sexual predator

THE LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE HUMAN REPUBLICANS WORSHIP.

[Jughead]

5. Venezuela's oil

Is very low quality. He’s lying.

[Skittles]

10. we won't hear that from the mainstream media

they will wax on about what a "win" it is

[choie]

6. "and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America"

Fucking criminal.

[Polybius]

7. Venezuela has 303 billion barrels

This won't even put a dent in that.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Roughly 3 billion dollars.

[James48]

9. A billion here- a billion there-

And pretty soon you are talking real money.

[reACTIONary]

11. Venezuela pumps roughly 800,000 to 1.1 million barrels of oil per day....

.... He only gets 50 days worth? I would not call that an artful deal.

[everyonematters]

13. If this happens, let's see if some countries put sanctions on us.

This makes us not much different than Russia and Putin. Russia has a better argument.

[iemanja]

14. A felon to the core.

[Ray Bruns]

15. Does Venezuela know they are giving us the oil as I expect they agreed to no such thing.

[Bengus81]

16. That's about 2.5 days of oil in the US

Art of the deal huh....ROFLMAO!!