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