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Trump shows off tanker with ‘1m barrels of oil’ and floats Venezuela as 51st state
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PUBLISHEDOct 27, 2026, 11:07 PM
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President at Texas campaign rally hails deal struck with post-Maduro government as ‘greatest oil victory in history’ Donald Trump suggested Venezuela would become the 51st state of the United States on Tuesday as the president showed off a tanker he claimed had “one million barrels of oil on it” from the country, nine months after deposing its president.
At a campaign rally in Corpus Christ, Texas, Trump touted a US…
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