# Trump says US struck deal to control Venezuela’s oil reserves

https://mins.news/en/item/36268

- TASS, 2026-08-28 23:20 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2179175

> President Donald Trump said the United States reached an agreement with Venezuela giving Washington majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of the country’s proven oil reserves. He called it the biggest oil deal in world history and said it would expand US supplies and lower gasoline prices.

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