… Nicolas Maduro and his wife in what looks like a possibly prolonged occupation of a sovereign nation. For an undetermined reason, but most likely due to Venezuela's massive oil reserves. The administration justified this with a variety of contradictory reasons, from drugs to gangs to law enforcement to oil. So what do we know? For months, we've been building up troops around Venezuela, blowing up alleged drug trafficking, boats coming from that country, seizing oil tankers from Venezuelan ports, and more, culminating in Operation Absolute Resolve. (02:12–02:21)
CLAIM
Asserts that the U.S. administration provided multiple, conflicting justifications for its actions in Venezuela.
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