The Nave Photon, carrying crude oil from Venezuela, is docked at Port Freeport in Freeport, Texas, U.S., January 15, 2026.
Antranik Tavitian | Reuters
In a brazen act of economic PREDATION, the United States is now PROFITEERING off the very nation it just INVADED, with Energy Secretary Chris Wright boasting of securing a SHOCKING 30% premium on Venezuelan crude. This is not diplomacy—it’s a LOOTING SPREE disguised as foreign policy.
The first HALF-BILLION DOLLAR sale of seized Venezuelan oil is complete, with Washington promising an “indefinite” plunder of the country’s vast reserves. The mastermind? President Donald Trump, who has declared the captured nation’s oil will now flow under HIS personal financial control, promising to “benefit” both countries while U.S. oil giants circle like vultures.
This is a COLONIAL CAPTURE in the 21st century. After a military operation to snatch former President Maduro, the U.S. is now forcing the fire-sale of Venezuela’s sovereign wealth—the world’s LARGEST proven oil reserves—to pay for its own occupation and enrich corporate allies. Trump has dangled $100 billion in promised investment, but even Exxon’s CEO admits the market is “uninvestable,” a damning indictment of the chaotic REALITY behind the regime-change rhetoric.
The grim truth is laid bare: global oil prices barely flinch as traders see this for what it is—a CALLOUS calculation where geopolitical instability is just another line item. The human cost in Venezuela is irrelevant; the only continuity that matters is the uninterrupted flow of cheap crude into American tanks.
We are witnessing the birth of a terrifying new world order, where superpowers no longer just sanction their enemies—they SEIZE their assets and AUCTION their future. This isn’t energy policy; it’s the law of the jungle, and the White House is the apex predator.




