Is it about freedom or is it about oil? At the press conference today, President Trump seemed to indicate that both were a factor. Freedom, security, prosperity. Of course, there are. What was done by Venezuela against American oil interests, oil companies is well understood and never should have happened. And President Trump is willing to recapture that. But it's also the security of our hemisphere. If people understood what Venezuela was trafficking in with other adversaries, Weapons they were trafficking. (00:30–00:38)
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