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Donald Trump Just Landed a Massive Oil Deal in Venezuela

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Everything is bigger in Texas, but apparently, it’s even bigger in the Orinoco Oil Belt right now.

In a plot twist nobody saw coming, the U.S. just walked away with majority control over 65 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela. Yes, that is a staggering amount of crude.

Donald Trump is calling this the biggest deal in history, and it involves heavy hitters like Chevron, Eni, and GE Vernova swooping in to fix the power grid and ramp up production. The plan? Send 50 million barrels straight to U.S. refineries to keep gas prices from doing anything too crazy. They even locked in 100-year concessions for some fields. Imagine signing a lease that lasts until the next century.

It is wild to see the U.S. essentially becoming the landlord of the Orinoco Oil Belt overnight. Apparently, global politics is just a giant game of corporate real estate now.

Source: UPI

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  1. Freeway Eagle
    LFG! Cheap gas is back on the menu boys.
    +1 jokeA classic display of optimism from someone who thinks global oil markets are as simple as a drive-thru menu
  2. Drive-Thru Redneck
    I’m sure this will definitely 'bring peace and freedom' and not just enrich a few oil execs. Give me a break.
    +2 emotionalA cynical take that manages to be both predictable and entirely accurate about the state of modern diplomacy
  3. Drive-Thru Pickup
    wait so we are besties with them now? that was fast.
    +1 boringDiscovering that international relations are transactional is truly a groundbreaking realization for the ages