JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇻🇪 Footage of US forces seizing its sixth Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea.

But that is not the story.

The story is where Trump put the $500 million from the first sale.

Not Washington.

Qatar.

Venezuela owes $170 billion to international creditors. Bondholders. China. ExxonMobil. ConocoPhillips. Everyone.

Any US bank account would be seized within hours through litigation.

So the administration deposited the proceeds in Doha. A “neutral venue” where money flows freely with American approval and cannot be touched.

One Executive Order bypassed 80 years of international debt law.

Now it gets surreal.

Trump at the White House January 9:

“China can buy all the oil they want from us.”

“Russia can get all the oil they need from us.”

He is selling their ally’s oil back to them. Through accounts they cannot access. In a country that owes them billions they will never collect.

Rubio simultaneously demanded Venezuela sever all ties with Beijing and Moscow.

The math:

6 tankers seized in 13 days

$500 million first sale

$2.8 billion initial tranche

303 billion barrels total reserves

$170 billion in claims now worthless

That 303 billion figure is not propaganda. OPEC 2025 Statistical Bulletin. US Energy Information Administration. Both verified.

17% of all known oil on Earth.

Larger than Saudi Arabia.

January 3: Capture the president

January 14: Sell his country’s oil

January 15: Deposit the money where his creditors cannot reach it

Twelve days from extraction to revenue capture.

No nation has done this since 1945.

The template is now operational.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​