Exposed: This is why Trump's Venezuela plan will FAIL - and blow back on...

Donald Trump claims he will "run" Venezuela, after he bombed it and abducted President Nicolás Maduro. However, his plan makes no sense -- and will likely blow back on the USA. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez is still independent, and not cutting off China. US sanctions devastated Venezuela's oil infrastructure, and its heavy crude is expensive to produce -- and not profitable, amid a global supply glut. Ben Norton explains.

 

Topics

-US attack on Venezuela

 -Two main US demands for Venezuela

-Chavista government is intact

-Oil corporations are skeptical

-Trump's oil deal with Venezuela

-US oil industry benefits rich elites

 -China, Russia, Iran, Cuba ties USA wants heavy crude

-Economic war

-Marco Rubio targets Cuba

-China and Venezuelan oil

-Pete Hegseth threatens China & Russia -US seizes Russian-flagged tanker

-Trump wants $1.5 trillion military budget

 -Trump bombed 7 countries in 2025

-China's oil imports by country

-Imperialist Monroe/Donroe Doctrine

-Desperation of declining US empire

-International law & UN Charter

-China: South America's top trading partner 21:17 Forcing Venezuela to buy US products

-Latin America exports

-US is trade competitor with Latin America

-US National Security Strategy

-Pressure to cut ties with China

-Geopolitics vs trade

-USA threatens Venezuelan officials

-Opposition leader María Corina Machado

-Acting President Delcy Rodríguez

-Delcy Rodríguez reaffirms China support

-Trump will not have a US colony

-Chevron deal in Venezuela

-Sanctions exemptions in oil sector

-US sanctions devastated oil industry

-US purchases of Venezuelan oil

-US imports heavy crude

-US oil refineries want heavy crude

-Oil companies say it's "uninvestable"

-Oil deal possible, but not colonialism

-High cost of Venezuelan crude

-Global oil supply glut US oil companies want gov't benefits