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EPISODE · Nov 12, 2025 · 43 MIN

This is Trump's plan to steal Venezuela's oil

from Geopolitical Economy Report · host Ben Norton

Donald Trump admitted he wants to “take over” Venezuela and its oil. Marco Rubio is overseeing the war plans, aiming to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro and install US puppet María Corina Machado, who vowed to privatize Venezuela's natural resources and sell off $1.7 trillion of her country's assets to North American corporations. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QukbgnkuPVY Topics 0:00 US war on Venezuela 1:16 (CLIP) Trump wants to take Venezuela's oil 1:28 Venezuela has world's largest oil reserves 1:37 US coup attempt with Juan Guaidó 2:08 US support for dictatorships in Latin America 2:36 Venezuela has critical minerals, like rare earths 2:59 Colonialist Monroe Doctrine 3:31 Psychological war 3:58 (CLIP) Trump: Maduro's "days are numbered" 4:54 US war plans 6:15 "Cartel of the Sons" does NOT exist 7:44 Marco Rubio: war planner 8:20 US military buildup in Caribbean 9:26 CIA operations in Venezuela 10:18 Three options in US war plans 11:36 Chevron wants Venezuela's oil 12:26 Imperialist "Americas First" policy 14:11 War on Terror plus War on Drugs 14:44 Polls: North Americans oppose Trump's war 16:03 US government is an oligarchy 16:30 Coup leader: María Corina Machado 18:01 Nobel "Peace" Prize for US wars 19:17 Machado wants to privatize Venezuela's oil 19:44 (CLIP) Machado: US companies will profit 20:38 Machado speaks alongside Donald Trump 21:24 Miami Mayor Francis Suarez 22:01 (CLIP) Miami mayor praises María Corina Machado 22:13 US government supports Machado 22:49 (CLIP) Machado thanks US officials for support 23:41 Machado offers to sell $1.7 trillion in assets 24:22 (CLIP) Machado's "massive privatization program" 25:35 Machado's USA-first foreign policy 26:02 (CLIP) Machado attacks China, Russia, Iran 27:59 Next targets of US empire: Cuba & Nicaragua 28:40 (CLIP) Threatening regime change in Cuba & Nicaragua 29:18 Machado's Bloomberg interview 29:40 (CLIP) Machado vows to sell off natural resources 30:21 Privatizations create oligarchies 31:12 (CLIP) Machado: Make oligarchy great again 31:50 US-Venezuelan oligarch Vanessa Neumann 32:49 Obscene wealth of Venezuelan oligarchs 35:32 Thor Halvorssen: Venezuelan oligarch family 36:21 Leopoldo López: Venezuelan oligarch 37:04 Venezuelan oligarchs: corrupt tools of US empire 38:02 María Corina Machado conspires with USA 38:44 (CLIP) Machado admits US gov't support 39:53 Pro-war Nobel "Peace" Prize laureate 40:26 (CLIP) Machado supports Trump's war 40:56 Nobel "Peace" Prize: tool of US wars 41:25 (CLIP) Machado: Nobel Prize helps war 41:59 Summary 43:19 Outro

Donald Trump admitted he wants to “take over” Venezuela and its oil. Marco Rubio is overseeing the war plans, aiming to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro and install US puppet María Corina Machado, who vowed to privatize Venezuela's natural resources and sell off $1.7 trillion of her country's assets to North American corporations. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QukbgnkuPVY Topics 0:00 US war on Venezuela 1:16 (CLIP) Trump wants to take Venezuela's oil 1:28 Venezuela has world's largest oil reserves 1:37 US coup attempt with Juan Guaidó 2:08 US support for dictatorships in Latin America 2:36 Venezuela has critical minerals, like rare earths 2:59 Colonialist Monroe Doctrine 3:31 Psychological war 3:58 (CLIP) Trump: Maduro's "days are numbered" 4:54 US war plans 6:15 "Cartel of the Sons" does NOT exist 7:44 Marco Rubio: war planner 8:20 US military buildup in Caribbean 9:26 CIA operations in Venezuela 10:18 Three options in US war plans 11:36 Chevron wants Venezuela's oil 12:26 Imperialist "Americas First" policy 14:11 War on Terror plus War on Drugs 14:44 Polls: North Americans oppose Trump's war 16:03 US government is an oligarchy 16:30 Coup leader: María Corina Machado 18:01 Nobel "Peace" Prize for US wars 19:17 Machado wants to privatize Venezuela's oil 19:44 (CLIP) Machado: US companies will profit 20:38 Machado speaks alongside Donald Trump 21:24 Miami Mayor Francis Suarez 22:01 (CLIP) Miami mayor praises María Corina Machado 22:13 US government supports Machado 22:49 (CLIP) Machado thanks US officials for support 23:41 Machado offers to sell $1.7 trillion in assets 24:22 (CLIP) Machado's "massive privatization program" 25:35 Machado's USA-first foreign policy 26:02 (CLIP) Machado attacks China, Russia, Iran 27:59 Next targets of US empire: Cuba & Nicaragua 28:40 (CLIP) Threatening regime change in Cuba & Nicaragua 29:18 Machado's Bloomberg interview 29:40 (CLIP) Machado vows to sell off natural resources 30:21 Privatizations create oligarchies 31:12 (CLIP) Machado: Make oligarchy great again 31:50 US-Venezuelan oligarch Vanessa Neumann 32:49 Obscene wealth of Venezuelan oligarchs 35:32 Thor Halvorssen: Venezuelan oligarch family 36:21 Leopoldo López: Venezuelan oligarch 37:04 Venezuelan oligarchs: corrupt tools of US empire 38:02 María Corina Machado conspires with USA 38:44 (CLIP) Machado admits US gov't support 39:53 Pro-war Nobel "Peace" Prize laureate 40:26 (CLIP) Machado supports Trump's war 40:56 Nobel "Peace" Prize: tool of US wars 41:25 (CLIP) Machado: Nobel Prize helps war 41:59 Summary 43:19 Outro

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