{"id":46517,"date":"2026-01-03T10:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=46517"},"modified":"2026-01-03T10:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:29:45","slug":"trump-boasted-that-he-wanted-to-take-venezuelas-oil-after-overthrowing-its-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=46517","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Trump boasted that he wanted to take Venezuela\u2019s oil after overthrowing its government<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46518\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-03-at-10.24.51-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-03-at-10.24.51-AM.png 501w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-03-at-10.24.51-AM-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"zox-post-main-grid\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-width\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-main-wrap zoxrel left zox100\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-main\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-body-wrap left zoxrel\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46521\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-03-at-10.29.16-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-03-at-10.29.16-AM.png 627w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-03-at-10.29.16-AM-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former US President Donald Trump gave a speech in which he boasted that he wanted to \u201ctake over\u201d Venezuela and exploit its large oil reserves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over; we would have gotten to all that oil; it would have been right next door\u201d, Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut now we\u2019re buying oil from Venezuela. So we\u2019re making a dictator very rich. Can you believe this? Nobody can believe it\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump boasts he wanted to take Venezuela's oil after overthrowing its government\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uqE-WqxfT1E?feature=oembed\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Trump made these remarks on June 10, at a speech for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sAOsUf44iSI\">convention organized by the North Carolina Republican Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The US government initiated a coup attempt against Venezuela in 2019. The Trump administration appointed a little-known right-wing opposition politician, Juan Guaid\u00f3, as the supposed \u201cinterim president\u201d of the South American nation, despite the fact that he had never participated in a presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela has the world\u2019s largest known oil reserves \u2013 although its crude is very heavy, and in order to be used it must be mixed with lighter crude or diluents, which the country is often incapable of importing due to illegal, unilateral US sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>As president, Trump made it clear that Washington seeks to control the natural resources of foreign countries.<\/p>\n<p>In a January 2020\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HYc8UXhjLH0\">interview on Fox News<\/a>, Trump boasted that he was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2023\/04\/01\/un-us-military-syria-ukraine\/\">militarily occupying Syria\u2019s crude-rich regions<\/a>\u00a0in order to \u201ctake the oil\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>DONALD TRUMP<\/strong>: And then they say he left troops in Syria. You know what I did? I left troops to take the oil. I took the oil.<\/p>\n<p>The only troops I have are taking the oil. They\u2019re protecting the oil. I took over the oil.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we should take it. But we have the oil. Right now, the United States has the oil.<\/p>\n<p>So they say he left troops in Syria. No, I got rid of all of them, other than we\u2019re protecting the oil. We have the oil.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=x.com%2FBenjaminNorton&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1641789033415155713&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fgeopoliticaleconomy.com%2F2023%2F06%2F12%2Ftrump-venezuela-oil-coup%2F&amp;sessionId=6a94aad4617cfdd9c226dc86bc4ea7b1478301c4&amp;siteScreenName=GeopoliticaEcon&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1641789033415155713\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the Donald Trump administration made similar comments.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s neoconservative National Security Advisor John Bolton stated clearly at the beginning of the coup attempt in January 2019, in an interview on Fox News, that Washington and US corporations wanted to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeopoliticaEcon\/status\/1547037036766535685\">profit off of Venezuela\u2019s oil<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>JOHN BOLTON<\/strong>: We\u2019re looking at the oil assets. That\u2019s the single most important income stream to the government of Venezuela. We\u2019re looking at what to do to that.<\/p>\n<p>We want everybody to know. We\u2019re looking at all this very seriously. We don\u2019t want any American businesses or investors caught by surprise. They can see what President Trump did yesterday. We\u2019re following through on it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re in conversation with major American companies now, that are either in Venezuela or in the case of Citgo here in the United States. I think we\u2019re trying to get to the same end result here.<\/p>\n<p>You know, Venezuela is one of the three countries I called the \u201cTroika of Tyranny\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll make a big difference to the United States economically if we could have American oil companies really invest in and\u00a0 produce the oil capabilities in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>It would be good for the people of Venezuela. It would be good for the people of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>We both have a lot at stake here making this come out the right way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=x.com%2FBenjaminNorton&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1668680877096747008&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fgeopoliticaleconomy.com%2F2023%2F06%2F12%2Ftrump-venezuela-oil-coup%2F&amp;sessionId=6a94aad4617cfdd9c226dc86bc4ea7b1478301c4&amp;siteScreenName=GeopoliticaEcon&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1668680877096747008\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela\u2019s massive oil reserves were nationalized by former President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, who launched the country\u2019s leftist Bolivarian Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela\u2019s state-owned oil company PDVSA used the revenue from the oil sales in order to fund social programs, public housing, transportation, health care, and education.<\/p>\n<p>Academic studies have found that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/are-crude-conspiracies-right-research-shows-nations-really-do-go-to-war-over-oil-36846\">countries with large oil reserves<\/a>\u00a0are more likely to suffer wars and foreign military interventions.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2002, there was a briefly successful military coup which overthrew democratically elected President Ch\u00e1vez. But the leader was so popular that the people of Venezuela stormed the streets, overthrew the coup regime, and demanded that Ch\u00e1vez be reinstated as president.<\/p>\n<p>The George Bush administration was deeply involved in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2002\/apr\/21\/usa.venezuela\">supporting this 2002 coup in Venezuela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Washington has sponsored several more coup attempts, including violent riots in 2014 and 2017, culminating in the 2019 designation of Juan Guaid\u00f3 as supposed \u201cinterim president\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that this was a coup attempt was admitted by Trump\u2019s national security advisor himself.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2022 interview on CNN,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2022\/07\/12\/trump-john-bolton-coups-venezuela\/\">Bolton boasted of how difficult it was to organize the coup<\/a>\u00a0attempt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>JAKE TAPPER<\/strong>: One doesn\u2019t have to be brilliant to attempt a coup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOHN BOLTON<\/strong>: I disagree with that, as somebody who has helped plan coups d\u2019etat \u2013 not here, but, you know, other places. It takes a lot of work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAKE TAPPER<\/strong>: I do want to ask a follow up. When we were talking about what is capable, or what you need to do to be able to plan a coup, and you cited your expertise having planned coups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOHN BOLTON<\/strong>: I\u2019m not going to get into the specifics, but uh\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAKE TAPPER<\/strong>: Successful coups?<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOHN BOLTON<\/strong>: Well, I wrote about Venezuela in the book. And it turned out not to be successful \u2013 not that we had all that much to do with it. But I saw what it took for an opposition to try and overturn an illegally elected president, and they failed. The notion that Donald Trump was half as competent as the Venezuelan opposition is laughable. But I think there\u2019s another \u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAKE TAPPER<\/strong>: I feel like there\u2019s other stuff you\u2019re not telling me, though.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOHN BOLTON<\/strong>: I think \u2013 I\u2019m sure there is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bolton\u2019s 2020 memoir, \u201cThe Room Where It Happened\u201d, mentions Venezuela and Venezuelans more than 300 times, and has a 35-page chapter recounting the coup attempt in the country, titled \u201cVenezuela Libre\u201d (Free Venezuela).<\/p>\n<p>Bolton wrote that President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2022\/07\/12\/trump-john-bolton-coups-venezuela\/\">Trump had repeatedly asked for a military attack on Venezuela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"S4lnmU71aH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2022\/07\/12\/trump-john-bolton-coups-venezuela\/\">Trump advisor John Bolton admits planning US coups in Venezuela and beyond<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" title=\"\u201cTrump advisor John Bolton admits planning US coups in Venezuela and beyond\u201d \u2014 Geopolitical Economy Report\" src=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2022\/07\/12\/trump-john-bolton-coups-venezuela\/embed\/#?secret=DrglrO1tDr#?secret=S4lnmU71aH\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" data-secret=\"S4lnmU71aH\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This was further confirmed by Trump\u2019s former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who wrote in his 2022 memoir \u201cA Sacred Oath\u201d that\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2022\/05\/19\/trump-us-military-venezuela-mark-esper\/\">Trump had been fixated on Venezuela<\/a>\u00a0since the early days of his administration\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain and again, Trump would ask for military options\u201d to overthrow Venezuela\u2019s democratically elected President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, Esper recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s National Security Council meetings on Venezuela \u201calways began with the consideration of military options, rather than on the other end of the spectrum\u2014diplomacy\u201d, Esper wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3gUqZFZF6H\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2022\/05\/19\/trump-us-military-venezuela-mark-esper\/\">Trump wanted US military attacks on Venezuela, Defense Secretary Mark Esper details in book<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" title=\"\u201cTrump wanted US military attacks on Venezuela, Defense Secretary Mark Esper details in book\u201d \u2014 Geopolitical Economy Report\" src=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2022\/05\/19\/trump-us-military-venezuela-mark-esper\/embed\/#?secret=gGznAa7LS5#?secret=3gUqZFZF6H\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" data-secret=\"3gUqZFZF6H\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There in fact was an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2022\/02\/02\/cia-invasion-venezuela-cliver-alcala\/\">attempted invasion of Venezuela in May 2020<\/a>, known as Operation Gideon.<\/p>\n<p>The figures involved in planning this botched invasion admitted they had the support of the Trump White House and were in contact with the CIA, other US government agencies, and Colombian intelligence services.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"msImkhX4hB\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2022\/02\/02\/cia-invasion-venezuela-cliver-alcala\/\">CIA backed failed 2020 invasion of Venezuela, top coup-plotter says<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" title=\"\u201cCIA backed failed 2020 invasion of Venezuela, top coup-plotter says\u201d \u2014 Geopolitical Economy Report\" src=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2022\/02\/02\/cia-invasion-venezuela-cliver-alcala\/embed\/#?secret=eHMnfIbkQ9#?secret=msImkhX4hB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" data-secret=\"msImkhX4hB\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Venezuelan government blasts Trump\u2019s confession<\/h3>\n<p>In response to Trump\u2019s admission in June 2023 that he wanted to \u201ctake over\u201d Venezuela and its oil, the country\u2019s foreign minister,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yvangil\/status\/1667699747023466496\">Yvan Gil<\/a>, responded: \u201cTrump confesses that his intention was to take over Venezuela\u2019s oil. All the damage that the United States has done to our people, with the support of its lackeys, here has had one objective: to steal our resources! They were not able to, and they will not be able to. We will always overcome!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela\u2019s vice minister for North America,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlosJRonVE\/status\/1667705085537800194\">Carlos Ron<\/a>, declared, \u201cWhat further evidence do we need? Here\u2019s Trump confessing that his aim, all along, was to take over Venezuela\u2019s oil. The Biden [administration] keeps his illegal sanctions policy still in place. Venezuela has and will continue to prevail!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=x.com%2FBenjaminNorton&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1667705085537800194&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fgeopoliticaleconomy.com%2F2023%2F06%2F12%2Ftrump-venezuela-oil-coup%2F&amp;sessionId=6a94aad4617cfdd9c226dc86bc4ea7b1478301c4&amp;siteScreenName=GeopoliticaEcon&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1667705085537800194\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela\u2019s ambassador to the United Nations,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMoncada_VEN\/status\/1667719641307783169\">Samuel Moncada<\/a>, stated, \u201cTrump took the mask off of 60 satellite countries, the international propaganda, and all of those politicians and intellectuals who supported a puppet [Juan Guaid\u00f3] to govern Venezuela. The only aim has been to pillage the oil of the Venezuelan people. How shameful! This is the confession of a criminal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c60 satellite countries\u201d that Moncada referenced were those that joined the United States in formally\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2022\/01\/28\/countries-recognize-venezuela-guaido\/\">recognizing unelected coup leader Guaid\u00f3<\/a>\u00a0as supposed \u201cinterim president\u201d of Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela\u2019s former foreign minister,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaarreaza\/status\/1667798042286620672\">Jorge Arreaza<\/a>, who served during the 2019 coup attempt, said Trump\u2019s confession was legal evidence that the US was motivated to try to steal his country\u2019s natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe international justice system must act\u201d, Arreaza implored.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2023\/06\/12\/trump-venezuela-oil-coup\/\">https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2023\/06\/12\/trump-venezuela-oil-coup\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}