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Liam Gilliver

A ‘fossil-fuelled war': Trump’s plans to ‘exploit’ Venezuela’s oil reserves sparks climate backlash

Donald Trump has been warned against tapping into Venezuela’s oilreserves after seizing President Nicolás Maduro and threatening more military strikes.

After claiming de facto control over the country, the US states it will be “very strongly involved” in the country’s oil industry, which Trump described as a “total bust”. Speaking to reporters yesterday (Sunday, 4 January), the POTUS confirmed that he will send large US oil companies to spend “billions of dollars” to fix oil infrastructure and start “making money for the country”.

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