This was about controlling their oil so that the oil executives who donated to his campaign can make even more money. Not only was this illegal and corrupt, it's also extremely expensive for US Taxpayers. The operation to capture Maduro cost taxpayers at least $3 billion. And it is now costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars to maintain the oil tankers that that the United States government has seized. (04:52–04:59)
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Asserts that the operation to capture Maduro cost U.S. taxpayers at least $3 billion.
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