This has never been about stopping drugs from coming to the United States. We all support stopping drugs. This from the beginning has been about getting rid of Maduro, grabbing Venezuela's oil for American oil companies and Trump's billionaire buddies. That's what this is about. That's why Donald Trump spent so much time yesterday talking about oil. 20 times the word oil was used in those remarks. (34:21–34:31)
CLAIM
Asserts that U.S. policy towards Venezuela is motivated by oil interests and benefiting Trump's associates.
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