Trump Announces US-Venezuela Deal for Majority Control of 65 Billion Oil Barrels. Here's what each side is saying, and what none of them are telling you.
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📰 THE FULL STORY
President Trump announced that the United States has entered an agreement with Venezuela's interim government that gives majority US control of more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. He described it as the biggest oil deal in world history and said it would more than double American oil reserves and substantially lower gas prices for Americans.
According to the account, the deal was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez, along with a private business partner. It creates a new private joint venture in which the US receives 55 percent effective output, split between equity ownership and rights to buy oil at cost. Rodriguez granted 100 year concessions for oil fields spanning 17 fields. The White House said the new company would be the second largest by proven reserves in the world after Saudi Aramco.
The 65 billion barrels represent about 21 percent of Venezuela's total proven reserves of 303 billion barrels. Rubio called it a huge win for both the American and Venezuelan people, saying it would bring nearly 100 billion dollars in private investment and support thousands of high paying jobs. Rodriguez said the goal was to consolidate Venezuela's position as an energy producing power for national development and workers' well being, and Venezuela's government said the deal yield over 209 billion dollars in taxes for Caracas.
Trump made the announcement on Truth Social at a time of pressure over gas prices, which averaged 4.09 dollars a gallon on Friday compared to 3.21 dollars a year earlier, as the war in Iran slowed Gulf oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
⬅️ HOW THE LEFT COVERS IT
CNN foregrounds the scale and the official selling points, relaying that Trump framed the deal as more than doubling American oil reserves at no cost to taxpayers and quoting Rubio's claim of nearly 100 billion dollars in private investment and thousands of high paying jobs. It centers the government voices on both sides, including Rodriguez's framing of the deal as consolidating Venezuela as an energy power for national development. It presents the announcement largely through those official assertions rather than independent verification. (CNN)
⬛ HOW THE CENTER COVERS IT
The Hill and NPR add proportion and context the announcement itself skips, noting the 65 billion barrels are about 21 percent of Venezuela's 303 billion barrels of total proven reserves, and detailing the mechanics of the 55 percent effective output through equity plus oil offtake and 100 year concessions. NPR ties the timing to political pressure over gas prices,
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