Donald Trump: "historic transaction [that] more than doubles American oil reserves … while…"

After President Trump announced a sweeping U.S.–Venezuela oil agreement, Venezuela’s acting leader Delcy Rodríguez publicly defended it, insisting her country would keep ownership of its reserves. Rodríguez, who took office after Trump ordered Nicolás Maduro’s capture in January, said in a televised address that the deal would fund development and turn Venezuela into an energy power. Trump had praised the arrangement as an extraordinary expansion of U.S. oil holdings and a benefit to Venezuela’s future, and said he would refill U.S. strategic reserves. Details remain limited, but reports say Washington would gain control of 65 billion barrels. The pact has drawn anger from opposition figures and left-wing protesters, who call it a colonial-style giveaway.