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Lonestarblue

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4. It has brought him millions since he had the military take Venezuelan oil tankers.

Reply to MLWR (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:53 AM

16 hrs ago

He sold the oil and put the money in a bank account in Qatar, which he controls. That money will sit there gaining interest until the end of his term when it will quietly disappear into his pockets.

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Oil giant tells Trump it's 'too expensive' to reinvest in Venezuela despite president's urging [View all] BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

TSF: "You mean I stole the oil of another country for you for nothing?" no_hypocrisy 21 hrs ago #1

And how many millions of taxpayer dollars did TACO squander for that venture MLWR 18 hrs ago #2

It has brought him millions since he had the military take Venezuelan oil tankers. Lonestarblue 16 hrs ago #4

Oh, he just thought the $$$ would be rolling in to his account. NCDem47 16 hrs ago #3

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The "reason" was to cut off Cuba's oil supply IbogaProject 12 hrs ago #12

Actually 32 were Cuban security officers...which tells you how popular Maduro was nt EX500rider 10 hrs ago #14

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He should have talked to people first TBF 15 hrs ago #9

Exactly. Talitha 14 hrs ago #11

Chump will look the other way and allow Putin to come in and take the oil FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #10

Peak oil IbogaProject 12 hrs ago #13