Trump shows off tanker with ‘1m barrels of oil’ and floats Venezuela as 51st state

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Donald Trump promoted a US oil deal with Venezuela at a rally in Corpus Christi, Texas, claiming a tanker carried one million barrels of Venezuelan oil. He also floated making Venezuela the 51st US state, months after US forces captured Nicolás Maduro in an attack on the country.

President at Texas campaign rally hails deal struck with post-Maduro government as ‘greatest oil victory in history’ Donald Trump suggested Venezuela become the 51st state of the United States on Tuesday as the president showed off a tanker he claimed had “one million barrels of oil on it” from the country, nine months after deposing its president. At a campaign rally in Corpus Christ, Texas, Trump touted a US oil deal with Venezuela, which the US attacked in January, capturing its long-serving leader Nicolás Maduro. Continue reading...