# Trump shows off tanker with ‘1m barrels of oil’ and floats Venezuela as 51st state

https://mins.news/en/item/118236

- The Guardian, 2026-10-27 23:07 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/trump-oil-tanker-venezuela

> At a Texas campaign rally, Donald Trump displayed a tanker he said carried one million barrels of Venezuelan oil and praised a deal with Venezuela’s interim government as the “greatest oil victory in history.” He suggested Venezuela could one day become the United States’ 51st state.

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