U.S DOESN'T NEED VENEZUELA'S OIL SAYS TRUMP

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President Donald Trump has wasted no time declaring that the United States does not need Venezuela's oil within his first 24 hours in office.  However, he made no mention about the issue of natural gas from Venezuela.  Juhel Browne reports.

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00:00We're looking at Venezuela very strongly. It's a country I know very well for a lot

00:07of reasons and it was a great country 20 years ago and now it's a mess.

00:12U.S. President Donald Trump as he spoke with the media at the White House while signing

00:16a record number of executive orders on his first day in office. Trinidad and Tobago has

00:21enjoyed long-standing relations with both the United States and Venezuela. Progress

00:26for the deal for the supply of natural gas from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago occurred

00:31in part due to the lifting of certain U.S. sanctions following negotiations between the

00:36government of Trinidad and Tobago led by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley, the administration

00:41led by Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, and the administration led by the now former

00:46U.S. President Joe Biden. President Trump made no mention of the issue of natural gas

00:53from Venezuela when he spoke with the media at the White House on Monday as he responded

00:58to a question about the United States having recognized Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner

01:04of the elections in Venezuela held on July 28th of 2024. The Associated Press had reported

01:10that Venezuela's Supreme Court backed President Nicolas Maduro's claims that he won the presidential

01:16election in Venezuela and said voting tallies published online showing he lost by a landslide

01:23were forged. Just 10 days before President Trump took his oath of office, the U.S. government

01:29announced it had increased its award for the arrest of President Maduro to 25 million U.S.

01:34dollars under the Biden administration.

01:37Changing power, are you still committed with Maduro leaving power in Venezuela?

01:41Well, we're going to find out about that too because we're going to probably stop buying

01:44oil from Venezuela. We don't need their oil.

01:46Another embargo like the first term?

01:48Well, it could be, but we don't want to buy it. We don't have to buy their oil. We have

01:51plenty of oil for ourselves.

01:52President Trump?

01:53That'll change Venezuela quite a bit.

01:57President Trump recently warned President Maduro not to harm opposition leaders in Venezuela.

02:02The government of Trinidad and Tobago has said it is looking forward to working with

02:06the Trump administration on matters of mutual interest.

02:10Jule Brown, TV6 News.

02:18Jule Brown, TV6 News.

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