Trump: National Emergency to Shield Venezuelan Oil Cash

"The president said on Truth Social on Saturday, though without providing specifics: "I love the Venezuelan people, and am already making Venezuela rich and safe again."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-11 12:51 AM | Reply

... President Trump declared a national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil revenue held by the U.S. government ...

Pres Trump has previously stated that the revenue from Venezuelan oil sales would be held in private bank accounts.

Money from sale of Venezuelan oil to be held in US-controlled bank accounts, Energy Dept says
www.reuters.com

... The U.S. has begun marketing Venezuelan oil and all proceeds from its sale will initially settle in U.S.-controlled accounts at globally recognized banks, the Department of Energy said in a statement released on Wednesday. ...

Not the US Treasury when its use would be more transparent.

So, who has the control of those private bank accounts?

The people of the US? The people of Venezuela? Pres Trump?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-11 01:18 AM | Reply

Carly Simon - It Was So Easy (1972)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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...
I remember a time, rompin' through the woods
Sun against our skin instead of clothes
When we felt hungry we would eat, when we felt glad we'd dance
And whenever we felt drowsy we would doze

It was so easy then, never takin' any stands
It was so easy then, holdin' hands

I remember a time when our fears could be named
And courage meant not refusing dares
I remember when we took such cares to step never on the cracks
Not only in the squares
Or else we'd be abducted by the bears

It was so easy then, never makin' any plans
It was so easy then, holdin' hands
...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-11 01:23 AM | Reply

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-11 04:57 AM | Reply

Don't resist the American landing and then wage a campaign of sabotage and guerilla war.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-11 08:02 AM | Reply

*** Senate Democrats Investigating Trumpf Junta and Oil Executive Communications ***

"Senators "- including the Ranking Members of the Environment and Public Works, Finance, and Banking Committees -" are seeking answers from fossil fuel companies regarding their knowledge of the strikes, communications with the Trumpf junta, and plans to invest in Venezuelan oil production."

Link: www.epw.senate.gov

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-11 12:43 PM | Reply