It's about the oil and the billionaire donors who were promised a payoff. Even if Maduro had agreed to every term, this still ends the same way, regime change, Wall Street on standby, and executives circling Venezuela like it's a clearance sale.
Overthrowing a regime is the easy part. It's easy to be on TV and do a victory lap. Building a stable, sustainable government is the part that almost always fails. From here on out, everything that happens in Venezuela belongs to Trump.
NEW: Wall Street is already at the ready post Nicolas Maduro's capture by U.S. forces.
— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbWSJ) January 3, 2026
About 20 business leaders, including those from some of the top hedge funds and asset managers, are preparing to go on a March trip to Venezuela to look at investment opportunities there incl…
Last year, Trump promised American oil executives “a great deal” if they donated $1 billion to his campaign.
— James Talarico (@jamestalarico) January 3, 2026
Today, he gave them Venezuela — home to the largest oil reserves in the world.
This new war is not only illegal and reckless; it is deeply corrupt. pic.twitter.com/n8bo15QdWo
