Trump said that Venezuela will give 50 million barrels of oil if Maduro is removed. He warned NATO that it does not exist without America. At the same time, America has seized a Russian oil tanker belonging to Venezuela.
Washington: US President Donald Trump has given a shocking statement that in exchange for the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan government will give 50 million barrels of crude oil to America. While Trump’s statement has created confusion in Venezuela, defense experts around the world believe that capturing the natural resources of a sovereign country in this manner is a new and worrying thing.
Speaking here on Tuesday, Trump said, ‘According to our agreement with the interim government of Venezuela, that country will give us 50 million barrels of oil in exchange for the removal of Maduro. We will refine it. This is beneficial for both the US economy and the Venezuelan people. He also told that the price of this oil will be around Rs 25,000 crore.
Earlier, Trump had said that Venezuela has grabbed our oil. Now after Maduro’s removal, American companies will invest there. We will take back our share of oil.
No America, no NATO: Trump’s warning
Washington: US President Donald Trump has hit back with gestures at Denmark’s statement that any US attempt to occupy Greenland could end NATO. He has said that without America NATO has no existence. This is being considered as an indirect message to NATO countries.
Posting about this on Truth Social, Trump wrote, ‘Before I came to power, NATO countries spent only 2% of their GDP on the military. But after I became President, I forced them to increase this expenditure by 5%. If I had not intervened, Ukraine would have been under Russian control today. I stopped 8 wars. Still, stupid Norway, a NATO member country, didn’t give me the Nobel Peace Prize. But it is not a big deal. The important thing is that I saved the lives of lakhs of people. Russia and China will not be at all afraid of NATO without America. But I’m not sure NATO will come to our aid when we need it. But we will always be with NATO.
US seizes Russian oil tanker bound for Venezuela
Washington: The US Coast Guard has seized a Russian-registered oil tanker named ‘Marinera’ in the North Atlantic, which was under US sanctions. It has been learned that the earlier name of this ship was ‘Bela-1’ and it also had a connection with Venezuela.
Sharing information about this on social media, American officials said, ‘The merchant ship named ‘Bella-1′ which our military was chasing for the last 2 weeks, has been seized in the North Atlantic.’ Soon after, Russia responded, saying, ‘No country has the right to take military action against the ships of other countries.’ Also, it has also been revealed that before the occupation by American troops, Russia had tried to save it through its navy.
The US had imposed sanctions on ‘Bela-1’ in 2024 for smuggling goods for the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah organization. Last December, when it was heading towards Venezuela, the US Coast Guard tried to control it by boarding it, but they failed. This time its name was changed to ‘Marinera’ and the Russian flag was placed on it. But America detected it and chased it with the help of Air Force and seized it.