Trump says US received over 80m barrels of Venezuela oil
"We just received from our new friend and partner, Venezuela, more than 80 million barrels of oil," Trump said in his first State of the Union address since he began his second White House term
US President Donald Trump speaks prior to a bilateral meeting with Switzerland's Federal President Guy Parmelin, Switzerland's Economy Minister Federal councillor Karin Keller-Sutter and Switzerland's Foreign Minister Federal councillor Ignazio Cassis, in Congress Centre, on the sideline of the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, January 21, 2026. Photo: Laurent Gillieron/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States had received more than 80 million barrels of oil from Venezuela since Washington's ouster of the South American country's leader Nicolas Maduro.
"We just received from our new friend and partner, Venezuela, more than 80 million barrels of oil," Trump said in his first State of the Union address since he began his second White House term.
"American oil production is up by more than 600,000 barrels a day," he added. Trump ordered the seizure of socialist leader Maduro in January on allegations of drug trafficking and other crimes, and since then has eased oil sanctions on the country in a bid to boost production.
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