Trump Long Wanted to ‘Take the Oil.’ He Says He’ll Do It in Venezuela.
The White House had pointed to drug trafficking and migration as reasons to crack down on Nicolás Maduro. But oil emerged as central to President Trump. Source: Original News
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In Toppling Maduro, Trump Risks Blowback from ‘America First’ Base
President Trump’s pledge that the United States would “run” Venezuela for an indefinite period showed he is willing to enter foreign conflicts he once promised to end. Source: Original News
Trump Plunges the U.S. Into a New Era of Risk in Venezuela
President Trump opened a new chapter in American nation building as he declared that the United States had toppled Venezuela’s leader and would “run” the country for an indefinite period. Source: Original News
Trump Avoids Congressional Approval for Maduro’s Capture, and Democrats Raise Alarms
Democrats raised constitutional concerns and said the Trump administration had misrepresented its goals in Venezuela, while most Republicans cheered the action. Source: Original News
What to Know About Venezuela’s Oil Industry as Trump Plans U.S. Intervention
Venezuela claims to have more than 300 billion barrels in the ground, but it is only producing about one million barrels a day. Source: Original News
Inside ‘Operation Absolute Resolve,’ the U.S. Effort to Capture Maduro
President Trump said members of the Army’s Delta Force broke through the doors of a safe house “in a matter of seconds” after practicing the operation using a model of the structure. Source: Original News
The Venezuelan Oil Industry Trump Is Planning to Revive
Venezuela claims to have more than 300 billion barrels in the ground, but it is only producing about one million barrels a day. Source: Original News
Asad Haider, Leftist Critic of Identity Politics, Dies at 38
In “Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump,” he argued that focusing on identity obscured a more fundamental injustice: economic inequality. Source: Original News
Trump Says He Watched Capture of Maduro in Real Time
President Trump said members of the Army’s Delta Force broke through the doors of a safe house “in a matter of seconds” after practicing the operation using a replica of the structure. Source: Original News
Why Haven’t Trump’s Tariffs Had a Bigger Impact?
Steep import taxes have raised prices and affected U.S. businesses, but not quite as much as expected. A new report offers some reasons. Source: Original News