Trump
admitted that he had told oil companies of the operation in advance, and championed them for wanting to “go in” to Venezuela and “do a great job” with securing Venezuela’s oil reserves, the
single-largest proven oil reserves on earth.
With Trump having not only not informed Congress of the attack beforehand, including the “
Gang of Eight” congressional leaders who are traditionally told of such operations, critics, such as Democratic congressional candidate Fred Wellman, were left floored by the admission.
“He did not inform Congress but he’s saying he informed the oil companies. Keep in mind who he means. The billionaire mega donor that
just got control of Citgo. Our service members were used directly to move the interests of Trump’s donors.”
President Donald Trump is facing renewed calls for impeachment over his unprecedented attack on Venezuela and failure to notify Congress in advance, but while aboard Air Force One Sunday night he made a startling admission about which group he did inform ahead of the operation.Trump admitted...
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US military used for the benefit of oil company executives.