Trump’s Venezuela Attack: A Power Play For Oil? | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G

Donald Trump entered 2026 with a military strike on Venezuela, despite promising to avoid foreign wars. While the U.S. frames it as a fight against drugs and migration, the deeper story is oil — Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven reserves. Caracas offered Washington preferential stakes in its energy sector, but Trump pushed for regime change instead. Opponent Maria Corina Machado dangled a $1.7 trillion economic overhaul. The attack fits a historical pattern of U.S. interventions tied to energy interests.