Okay, I want to talk about the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro. What was the reason? Was it illegal drug trafficking or was oil the reason? Definitely not oil. The reason. The United States is by far and away the largest producer of oil in the world. In fact, we produce today more than Russia and Saudi Arabia combined and 20 times more than Venezuela does. It was not about oil, but the Fact that they had oil gave us a great tool to, to drive positive reform again without soldiers and without taxpayer money. (12:56–13:07)
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