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THE ONE-HOUR DENIAL

Energy Secretary boasts Venezuela is 'forced to work' with US, denies it an hour later

“Sixty minutes, that's the whole con — say the quiet part to sound tough, then say the opposite part to sound clean, and bank on nobody owning a clock. It's not a gaffe, it's a two-track pitch: strength for the base, deniability for the fine print, same barrels either way. Your gas bill's supposed to drop in a year or two — funny how the oil already changed hands today.”
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“Look, "forced to work in partnership" is just — that's leverage language, that's Secretary Wright explaining market dynamics, it's not a confession. He said it plain because he's not ashamed of it, which — okay, hold on, if he's not ashamed why'd he walk it back an hour later. I didn't say walk it back. Nobody walked anything back. Next question.”
Chip

The receipts

Trump Official Denies Stealing Venezuela's Oil One Hour After Boasting Country is 'Forced to Work' With US The US controls Venezuela's oil sales and calls it partnership
Common Dreams§

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday denied that the Trump administration was stealing Venezuela's oil just one hour after boasting that the country is being "forced to work" with the United States. During a Sunday morning interview on ABC News, Wright was asked why he trusted interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez, given…

Wright: US has 'a lot of leverage' in Venezuela after oil deal reached The US now controls who profits from 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil
The Hillmainstream§

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday that the U.S. has “a lot of leverage” over Venezuela after the Trump administration reached a deal with the latter government to grant it control of more than 65 billion barrels of oil.

The Biggest Oil Deal or Theft at Gunpoint? U.S. Claims Majority Control of Venezuela's Oil Reserves The Pentagon now owns a third of Venezuela's oil for 100 years
Democracy Now!§

The U.S. has struck a deal to take majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves, nine months after the U.S. military abducted President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in a raid on Caracas and two months after The New York Times revealed that U.S.

· White House unveils new details of Venezuela agreement from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026

· Chris Wright explains how Venezuelan crude will ‘fill’ the Strategic Petroleum Reserve from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026

· Energy Secretary Wright says Venezuela oil deal will bring down gas prices in a year or two from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026

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