# Trump hails major oil deal with Venezuela

https://mins.news/en/item/36253

- DW, 2026-08-28 23:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/trump-hails-major-oil-deal-with-venezuela/a-78553607?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> US President Donald Trump said Washington and Caracas had agreed for the United States to take control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil without cost to US taxpayers. He said the deal was negotiated by Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth and interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez, calling it the biggest oil deal in world history.

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- [US Venezuela Oil and Diplomatic Relations](https://mins.news/en/topic/us-venezuela-oil-relations) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/us-venezuela-oil-relations.md

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