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Kennah

(14,547 posts)
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 05:37 AM Sunday

Could Trump's invasion of Venezuela be targeting Canada?

I found this from December.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/how-venezuelan-crude-could-shake-things-up-for-canadian-producers-9.7019971

"Trump's threats to Caracas could put the world's largest oil reserves on the table to compete with Canada"

Venezuelan oil is very dirty and heavy with a high sulphur and bitumen content. Bitumen content is the same as Canadian oil.

Could Trump be trying to get Canadian oil cheaper with the threat of Venezuelan oil?

Carney is no idiot, and Venezuela needs, by some estimates, over $100 billion of infrastructure investment from the oil industry in a place with what could be described as "an uncertain political future."

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Could Trump's invasion of Venezuela be targeting Canada? (Original Post) Kennah Sunday OP
Putin has used oil as a way to manipulate and control Europe and other countries. Irish_Dem Sunday #1

Irish_Dem

(79,836 posts)
1. Putin has used oil as a way to manipulate and control Europe and other countries.
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 06:42 AM
Sunday

Of course Trump would do the same.

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