Trump shows off tanker with ‘1m barrels of oil’ and floats Venezuela as 51st state
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- The Guardian US reports: “President at Texas campaign rally hails deal struck with post-Maduro government as ‘greatest oil victory in history’Donald Trump suggested Venezuela would become the 51st state of the United States…”
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