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President Donald Trump speaks about the capture of Nicolas Maduro and Venezuela's oil industry during a news conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026.Nicole Combeau—Bloomberg/Getty Images

TIME - Oil is a Bad Excuse for Trump’s Strike on Venezuela

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discusses President Trump's operation removing Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his repeated claims that the U.S. oil industry is interested in making the needed investment to revive the antiquated extraction and refining operations of Venezuela in TIME 

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