We're going to have presence in Venezuela as it pertains to oil, to get the oil flowing the way it should be. We're going to be taking out a tremendous amount of wealth out of the ground. Trump has said so himself, that he advised the oil company CEOs that he was going to do this before the operation took place. This was about oil. Again, Maduro is a brutal dictator. You know, I'm very clear eyed on that. (02:51–03:03)
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Asserts that Trump informed oil company CEOs about the operation in Venezuela beforehand.
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