… bring him to justice, why does the United States need to take over the Venezuelan oil industry? Well, we don't need to. First of all, let me go back up. We don't need Venezuela's oil. We have plenty of oil in the United States. What we're not going to allow is for the oil industry in Venezuela to be controlled by adversaries of the United States. You have to understand, why does China need their oil? (10:54–10:58)
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Asserts that the U.S. does not need Venezuelan oil because it has plenty of its own.
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