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Elissa Slotkin: “Donald Trump has admitted it outright. He's happy to brag…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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WATCH: Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Senate Floor on War Powers and Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 04:18

This is about taking over Venezuela and particularly their oil fields. Right. We used to make fun of the conspiracy theories of, you know, George Bush taking over Iraq because of the oil. Donald Trump has admitted it outright. He's happy to brag about the fact that he is taking over the oil fields of another country. The only problem is if you talk to some of the oil executives, as of Saturday, this past Saturday, they had zero plan, zero idea. (04:18–04:25)

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Asserts that Trump has openly stated intentions to take over Venezuela's oil fields.

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