Trump: US taxpayer may reimburse oil companies to rebuild Venezuela infrastructure.

[struth]

President Donald Trump said he believes the U.S. oil industry could get expanded operations in Venezuela "up and running" in fewer than 18 months.

"I think we can do it in less time than that, but it’ll be a lot of money," Trump told NBC News in an interview Monday.


"A tremendous amount of money will have to be spent, and the oil companies will spend it, and then they’ll get reimbursed by us or through revenue," he said.

Trump says the U.S. may reimburse oil companies for rebuilding Venezuela's infrastructure

Big oil firms will either "get reimbursed by us or through revenue," Trump told NBC News in an exclusive interview.

www.nbcnews.com

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It seems fairly obvious Oil Companies will not invest a dime in Venezuela without assurances from the US that it will cover the costs given the myriad risks this investment will take. Trump did not give a number for the cost because it would be in the billions, if not trillions. As far as the oil paying for it, that is a laugh. The same lie was made by the Bush neocons as by the Trump neocons. Oil revenue paid for squat in Iraq.

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Iraqi oil revenue did not pay for the Iraq War; initial claims that it would proved false, with the war costing the U.S. trillions in taxpayer money, far exceeding any early oil revenues, which were insufficient for reconstruction due to instability, corruption, and conflict.

Trump=W
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Iraq was a war, this isn’t

Iraq was a free and stable country, until Obama’s misguided withdrawal, that screwed the country up

 

[struth]

Don't hide your bigotry!

Why do you hate Venezuelans?

 

[TimFitz]

Down is now up in MAGA world.

Whatever derp fuhrer says.

And if it's the opposite of what he said yesterday, it doesn't matter.

 

[Dekster]

Oil companies aren't going to invest their money until the place politically stabilizes. Until then, Trump can cl;aim whatever he wants. He is a well-known liar. No need to get worked up over it. It will be out claiming something else tomorrow.

 

[pknopp]

What Dems love to do.

And Republicans.

 

[wamose]

Ah, so now Trumpers love BOTH nation building AND Socialism.

The mind control is something to behold.

It's called national security, Qdog. You wouldn't want liberals moving in next door to you either

 

[sartre play]

OR, they might just give us what we want.

WHO KNOWS what the the future will bring, NO ONE.

 

[Hafar1014]

Tax payers wont pay anything the profits will cover all costs

 

[Hafar1014]

LOL.. The US taxpayer will sucked dry of a trillion dollars if Trump has his way.

Profits from the oil will cover all costs.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Profits from the oil will cover all costs.

No, that"s stupid and made up. You are making stuff up to protect your rape daddy's stupidity.

 

[wamose]

I'd say Trump has been pretty consistent on this. He fights to keep Marxist-Communist Democrats at bey in our government. It would be disastrous for our country to let them gain power now. And he also fights Marxist-Communist countries who are trying to get a foothold in our hemisphere the same way. A snake is a snake and we don't want either one jeopardizing our country. MAGA

 

[JLW]

Profits from the oil will cover all costs.

Just like Iraq! So good luck with that.

 

[Correll]

Yes, as I already stated. It’s dishonest to conflate the hundreds of thousands of fentanyl deaths with the cocaine coming out of Venezuela (which is largely being shipped to Europe anyway).

Which I have not done. So.....

This is an assertion without evidence or substantive explanation.

The anti-American leftism of the institutions in question, has been a part of normal America life for decades.

Your denial is silly. Would you like to seriously discuss this?

Same thing as above. Assertion without an argument.

This seems self contradictory. You say they play by no rules and use our rules to destroy us.

Are you seriously playing this dumb? THey use our rules against us, using lawyers and politics to use our rules to bind us, and suppress us, while they break laws and rules constantly and without consequences.

I didn't think I had to spell that out for you. But then I was treating you like a serious person.

We need the rules. Otherwise it’s a dangerous and chaotic world.

It is a dangerous and chaotic world, because we are not a serious people and we let our enemies operate out side the rules and don't do jack shit about it.

It was a legitimate investigation based on circumstantial information, much of which Trump made far worse by his own ill advised lies and actions. Remember when he said no one in his campaign had any connection to Russia? Lies. Hiring shady people like Flynn? Bad idea.

No, it wasn't. It was a RESISTANCE movement, not a legal based investigation.

As such it was a violation of the peaceful transfer of power.

We respected the peaceful transition of power. It’s silly to say otherwise. There’s nothing violent about a valid investigation. The people have a right to know what happened.

If we do not get to do shit, on our turn, then we did not get our turn.
YOu can play dumb here, if you wish. That will not change our behavior.

Saying it prevented Trump from governing is overly dramatic. It did no such thing.

More unwillingness to engage in honest debate.

You never linked to the video and I don’t take your word for it. Still ignoring the vast majority of content in my response. Not an honest debate.

If I go and find the vid, is there ANY chance it will have ANY impact on your views?

The inspectors come unannounced so your implication that they found kids to put on a good show doesn’t make sense. Those hours make sense if it’s an after school daycare, doesn’t it?

Uh, you trust that the minn state workers didn't give the somalis a tip off? Interesting. What makes you think that they would not put their political beliefs ahead of their job duties?

Replying with “HAHAHAHAHA” isn’t really much of a rebuttal.

Not sure what you mean about presenting it as “serious evidence”. Like I said, I haven’t seen the clip you’re referring to, but the article seems pretty appropriate to me.

This young man is not a serious journalist. At least we should be able to agree on that.

The young man broke a huge ******* story, to the public, that they had a right to know about.


That makes him a huge ******* serious journalist, far more than the cnn hack who tried to downplay it, for the benefit of the fraudulent criminals.

 

[Lisa558]

Oh look, attempting to derail a thread and talk about issues unrelated to the OP.

Not long ago, Trump proclaimed we were done telling countries how to behave and done nation building.

And now he says we run Venezuela and the US government is going to subsidize oil development in a foreign country.

That’s incoherent.

And that’s not even touching the fact that this administration is all over the map with their statements.

Just pointing out your hypocrisy. You have no standing to criticize Trump’s (far superior) foreign policy when the Democrats’ foreign policies strengthen terrorist nations and abandon Americans to the enemy.

 

[Rogue AI]

Man, it would be nice to have a coherent foreign policy.

Of course Trump supporters just approve of whatever he says, no matter how stupid or contradictory to his prior statements.

It's "smart" because Trump said it and the MAGAs believe Trump is "smart".

A focus on the centuries old Monroe Doctrine is a coherent foreign policy. The annexation of Canada and Greenland are also coherent policy to endure our security. Ridding our hemisphere of narco-states should be in everyone's interest, except liberals it seems. How very sad.

 

[Marener]

Just pointing out your hypocrisy. You have no standing to criticize Trump’s (far superior) foreign policy when the Democrats’ foreign policies strengthen terrorist nations and abandon Americans to the enemy.

I thought we were talking about policy incoherence.

Obama’s policy was coherent. Negotiate with Iran to end their weapons program in exchange for easing of sanctions.

The $400 million payment to Iran was American diplomacy at its finest | Stanford Law School

The latest victim in the presidential race’s assault on truth — to say nothing of nuance — came last week in the flurry of accusations surroundi

law.stanford.edu

Biden telegraphed our withdrawal from Afghanistan. It was not a surprise. He did not waiver. He did not change his mind. His policy was coherent.

My criticism of Trump is that his policy is incoherent. He lacks any semblance of consistency.

Youre trying to argue good/bad when I’m arguing coherent/incoherent. Youre not addressing my point at all.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Make (South) America Great Again!

 

[Marener]

Which I have not done. So.....

I disagree, it was the obvious subtext of your bringing up selling "poison". They've been conflating high degree of drug deaths with Venezuela ever since they started blowing up drug boats.

The anti-American leftism of the institutions in question, has been a part of normal America life for decades.

Your denial is silly. Would you like to seriously discuss this?

Are you seriously playing this dumb? THey use our rules against us, using lawyers and politics to use our rules to bind us, and suppress us, while they break laws and rules constantly and without consequences.

I didn't think I had to spell that out for you. But then I was treating you like a serious person.



It is a dangerous and chaotic world, because we are not a serious people and we let our enemies operate out side the rules and don't do jack shit about it.




No, it wasn't. It was a RESISTANCE movement, not a legal based investigation.

As such it was a violation of the peaceful transfer of power.



If we do not get to do shit, on our turn, then we did not get our turn.
YOu can play dumb here, if you wish. That will not change our behavior.

Who stopped them from doing "shit"? No one other than their own incompetence.

If I go and find the vid, is there ANY chance it will have ANY impact on your views?

Probably not worth it, because I won't defend any CNN reporting anyway. I hate all cable news. The print media is far better, and the article I provided was

Uh, you trust that the minn state workers didn't give the somalis a tip off? Interesting. What makes you think that they would not put their political beliefs ahead of their job duties?

So you're claiming a conspiracy now. Let me know when you have evidence.

The young man broke a huge ******* story, to the public, that they had a right to know about.

He got a lot of clicks and attention, which is the only actual goal. Truth is not a goal.

That makes him a huge ******* serious journalist, far more than the cnn hack who tried to downplay it, for the benefit of the fraudulent criminals.

No, it doesn't make him a serious journalist. Getting attention does not make one a journalist.

 

[struth]

I thought we were talking about policy incoherence.

Obama’s policy was coherent. Negotiate with Iran to end their weapons program in exchange for easing of sanctions.

The $400 million payment to Iran was American diplomacy at its finest | Stanford Law School

The latest victim in the presidential race’s assault on truth — to say nothing of nuance — came last week in the flurry of accusations surroundi

law.stanford.edu

Biden telegraphed our withdrawal from Afghanistan. It was not a surprise. He did not waiver. He did not change his mind. His policy was coherent.

My criticism of Trump is that his policy is incoherent. He lacks any semblance of consistency.

Youre trying to argue good/bad when I’m arguing coherent/incoherent. Youre not addressing my point at all.

Wow, it’s no wonder you are confused if you think xiden’s surrender to the Taliban was coherent and telegraphed

He was literally held in contempt of the UK because he didn’t even tell them he was gonna do it. He left millions of dollars of US weapons behind to terrorist.


It was the biggest military disaster since the fall of Saigon!


Obama’s Iran deal, left them with millions in cash, to fund terror…how is that coherent?
It’s no wonder you are so confused

 

[Marener]

Wow, it’s no wonder you are confused if you think xiden’s surrender to the Taliban was coherent and telegraphed

He was literally held in contempt of the UK because he didn’t even tell them he was gonna do it. He left millions of dollars of US weapons behind to terrorist.


It was the biggest military disaster since the fall of Saigon!


Obama’s Iran deal, left them with millions in cash, to fund terror…how is that coherent?
It’s no wonder you are so confused

Biden announced our withdrawal over 4 months before it happened.