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CatWoman

(80,239 posts)
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 06:59 PM Monday

Trump Says U.S. Might Pay Oil Companies To Rebuild Venezuela's Energy Sector: 'They'll Get Reimbursed'

President Donald Trump said American taxpayers might be on the hook for rebuilding Venezuela’s dilapidated oil sector.

On Saturday, U.S. forces invaded Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro, who pleaded not guilty to charges of drug trafficking in federal court in New York on Monday. Venezuelan officials say at least 80 people were killed during the raid.

The raid was a culmination of a months-long campaign of aggression against Venezuela, as the Trump administration bombed several boats originating from the country and seized two of its oil tankers. Trump maintained that the boats were carrying drugs. On Sunday, the president explained that he is interested in Venezuela’s oil reserves.

“We are going to have to have big investments by the oil companies to bring back the infrastructure,” he said aboard Air Force One. “The oil companies are ready to go, they are going to build back the infrastructure.”

“We have to fix the country first. You can’t have an election. There’s no way the people could even vote,” Trump said about the possibility of a vote in the next month. “No, it’s going to take a period of time. We have — we have to nurse the country back to health.”

Moreover, he said, the U.S. may subsidize an effort by oil companies to rebuild the country’s energy infrastructure — a project he said could take less than 18 months.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/trump-says-u-s-might-pay-oil-companies-to-rebuild-venezuelas-energy-sector-theyll-get-reimbursed/

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Traildogbob

(12,561 posts)
2. It's our cash!!!
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 07:10 PM
Monday

It’s our God Damned money. We want health care. But fuck that MAGA. We are so fucking Great!!!! Give it all to billionaires. The smell of rotting brains are nauseating.

BOSSHOG

(44,738 posts)
3. "They'll get reimbursed."
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 07:11 PM
Monday

Said the serial lying maggot. The checks in the mail and I won’t cum on your oil Derrick. It will be a gargantuan task taking decades long after the check writer is dead. The oil companies will not get reimbursed and you don’t want to leave your daughter or granddaughter alone WITH THE LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

ok_cpu

(2,232 posts)
4. At the end of the day, they can only sing one tune
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 07:11 PM
Monday

Lots of variations, but always "Socialize the Costs, Privatize the Profits." Bonus points if they can bomb a new market open.

Timeflyer

(3,683 posts)
6. The fossil fuel industry can add those new tax dollars to the $10 to $23 BILLION it already receives
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 07:15 PM
Monday

per year in direct gov't subsidies, plus tax breaks etc.. And don't think about Epstein.

dweller

(27,848 posts)
8. " we have to nurse the country back to health"
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 07:22 PM
Monday

Venezuela needs to look at the US for an example of what the Pisswig’s “healthcare” looks like …





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JI7

(93,223 posts)
9. This is just another way for him to steal money for himself
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 07:38 PM
Monday

The oil companies will give him the money after he gives it to them.

a kennedy

(35,315 posts)
10. HAS HE PAID ANYTHING FOR ANYONE??? Ah, nope he doesn't pay for anything????? Oh right, it's OUR
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 07:40 PM
Monday

DAMN MONEY!!!! 🤬 🤬 🤬

CousinIT

(12,244 posts)
12. THE US TAXPAYERS will pay for it. NO healthcare, Social Security, affordable housing or food ...
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 08:09 PM
Monday

…but SHITLER will spend ALL our tax money giving huge tax cuts and subsidies to the goddamned billionaires to help them get their hands on the oil.

THEY will get richer and richer. What to WE the taxpayers get out of it.

NOTHING. More cuts to OUR government services.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,830 posts)
13. Well, he can't use his "Mexico will pay for it" crap any longer, because he's probably going to invade Mexico too.
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 08:45 PM
Monday

dickthegrouch

(4,299 posts)
14. If those companies didn't have adequate insurance, or contracts initially...
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 09:14 PM
Monday

Their failures should be on their owners, their shareholders, or their insurance companies, NOT the US taxpayer.
If it was an uninsurable risk, they had no business taking the risk in the first place.
If they've already been compensated by their insurance companies, double dipping of any kind should also be considered an act of war, against the US taxpayer.

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