# Trump says US strikes deal to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves

https://mins.news/en/video/36549

- euronews, 2026-08-29 10:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imJ2kdzNDKw

> Donald Trump says the United States has reached a deal to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves. He has long been candid about wanting the US to secure Venezuelan oil and has urged oil companies to invest in the South American country.

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