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US President Donald Trump said the United States plans toretain control of Venezuela’s oil and rebuild the country’s energyinfrastructure, drawing a direct comparison with Iraq, according to remarks hemade during a conversation with MS NOW host Joe Scarborough.
Scarborough disclosed the details on Tuesday after speakingwith Trump following recent US military strikes in Venezuela and the capture ofPresident Nicolas Maduro, saying he pressed the president on Washington’s plansfor governing the country and parallels with the US-led invasion of Iraq.
According to Scarborough, Trump rejected comparisons withIraq’s post-2003 occupation, arguing that control over oil resources marked thekey difference. Scarborough quoted the president as saying, “Joe, thedifference between Iraq and this is that Bush didn’t keep the oil. We’re goingto keep the oil.”
He said that Trump later took the remarks off background andreiterated a long-standing position, quoting him as saying, “In 2016, I said weshould have kept the oil. It caused a lot of controversy. Well, we should havekept the oil.”
Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven crude oilreserves, according to OPEC, with an estimated 303.8 billion barrels,representing about 19.4 percent of global reserves.
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