# Trump says Venezuela could become the 51st state “maybe someday soon”

https://mins.news/en/video/118246

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-27 23:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC5cXIFr9E8

> Trump made his third trip to Texas in a month on Tuesday, seeking to prevent Democrats from winning their first statewide election there in decades. He highlighted a tanker carrying Venezuelan oil and floated the idea of Venezuela becoming the 51st state.

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