The problem was why we did it and why the President told us he did it. And that was for the oil. So in the days before that operation, in early January, The President tweeted out, sent out on his Truth Social account, and also said in public, we're doing this because we want the oil, because that oil belongs to the United States. He never explained how exactly the United States would own the natural resources of a foreign country. Apparently, American oil companies helped develop the oil fields in Venezuela. (02:05–02:16)
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Asserts that President Trump publicly stated the U.S. action in Venezuela was for oil.
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