Democrats sound alarm on US-Venezuela oil deal: 'This isn't a win'

Democrats sound alarm on US-Venezuela oil deal: 'This isn't a win'

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center · Published: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:39:45 GMT

Democrats slammed Friday's announcement by President Trump on a new deal to acquire majority U.S. control of over 65 million barrels of Venezuelan oil. “Let's be clear: this isn't a win,” Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) wrote in a social media post. “This is proof Trump put our service members at risk to get...

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The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Center-Left: Trump hails "biggest oil deal in world history" with Venezuela — www.axios.com
Left: "That sucker is open": U.S. gains the upper hand in the battle for Hormuz — www.axios.com
Center-Right: Scoop: U.S. close to striking "massive" deal for Venezuelan oil fields — www.axios.com
Center: Trump says U.S. now has control of over 60 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves — www.cbsnews.com
Center: Trump hails 'historic' deal for US to control 65bn barrels of Venezuela's oil — www.bbc.com
Center-Right: Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal Relies on a Powerful and Divisive Partner — www.nytimes.com
Right: Trump announces 'historic' US-Venezuela oil deal that he says will lower gas prices — abcnews.go.com
Right: GOP lawmaker slams Trump deal in online post — then quietly swaps it with post praising it — www.rawstory.com
Right: Dark secret comes out on Trump’s big Venezuela oil deal: report — www.rawstory.com
Right: President Trump announces 'biggest oil deal in world history' — www.nbcnews.com

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