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# Third Republican US President in a row invades a sovereign nation without good reason (it's oil)
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/third-republican-us-president-in-a-row-invades-a-sovereign-nation-without-good-reason-its-oil/
- Published: 2026-01-03T19:21:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-03T19:21:43.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, Politics

Anatoly Kurmanaev and Tyler Pager with live updates for The New York Times: [Explosions Are Reported in Venezuela’s Capital](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela?ref=birchtree.me)

> While Mr. Trump said little about how the United States would be “running” Venezuela, he insisted it “won’t cost us anything” because American oil companies would rebuild the energy infrastructure in Venezuela, which holds vast reserves of oil.

Every part of this is positively fucked.