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President Trump’s bold move in Venezuela marks a turning point for American energy and national security, and the world is noticing that the United States now means business. After U.S. forces struck to remove the Maduro regime and the president declared America would “run” Venezuela during the transition, the path was opened to reclaim and responsibly manage the country’s vast but mismanaged oil wealth. This is not imperialism — it is liberation and a smart application of American strength to secure strategic resources and help suffering Venezuelans.
The administration announced that interim Venezuelan authorities agreed to turn over tens of millions of barrels of high-quality crude — a figure in the range of 30 to 50 million barrels — and President Trump said proceeds would be controlled to benefit the Venezuelan people and American interests. That kind of immediate supply is a shot in the arm for global markets and gives the United States leverage to stabilize prices while ensuring proceeds aren’t squandered by corrupt regimes. Conservatives who have long warned that energy weakness is national weakness should celebrate a policy that converts recovered assets into both relief and leverage.
White House National Energy Dominance Council executive Jarrod Agen laid out the strategic play on Fox & Friends Weekend, making plain that this administration is focused on mobilizing American investment, jobs, and expertise to rebuild Venezuela’s shattered energy infrastructure. Agen explained the plan in terms conservatives understand: bring in private capital, streamline permits, and let capable U.S. companies get to work fixing what socialism destroyed. That is how you create jobs at home, boost our energy exports, and deny our adversaries another foothold in the Western Hemisphere.
The president has personally invited America’s top oil executives to the White House to coordinate the rebuild and redevelopment, signaling a partnership between government and industry that will move fast and produce results. Trump has said U.S. companies will spend the billions to repair production and that the administration will oversee sales and revenue use to prevent theft and ensure accountability. This is pragmatic energy statesmanship: use American capital and know-how to restore production while protecting taxpayers and national interests.
Some on the left and abroad howl about “seizure” or “imperialism,” but those critics ignore decades of theft, corruption, and misrule by Maduro’s kleptocracy that left Venezuela a humanitarian and economic catastrophe. Caracas’s expected denunciations are predictable, but they do not change the fact that Venezuelan oil was squandered under socialism and that the Venezuelan people deserve their resources back in the service of freedom and prosperity. Washington’s job is to stabilize the region, protect American energy security, and create conditions where Venezuelans can rebuild their country under the rule of law.
Make no mistake: this policy is an unapologetic win for American workers, manufacturers, and energy independence. When we secure reliable supplies and invest in real projects that create jobs and protect our refineries, gasoline prices come down, supply chains strengthen, and our bargaining position with hostile powers improves. Patriots should demand that Washington proceed with clear rules, American oversight, and zero tolerance for corruption — so the oil truly helps the Venezuelan people and makes America safer and richer.
