‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Is Throwing the Communists Out of the Western Hemisphere

Trump is making a great deal and turning around the only leverage that Venezuela has, and that’s oil.

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President Trump speaks to House Republican lawmakers on January 6, 2026 at Washington. AP/Evan Vucci

Jan 7, 2026, 04:59 PM ET

So President Trump is tightening the screws around the communist regime of Delcy Rodgriguez and her husband, and the rest of the Chavista state in Venezuela, by ordering them to turn over up to 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to the United States of America.

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