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Trump announces deal to take control of 65 million barrels of Venezuela's oil preserves

Name: Trump announces deal to take control of 65 million barrels of Venezuela's oil preserves
Uploaded: 2026-08-31T07:05:00-0400
Duration: 3 min 15 s
Description: President Trump announced a deal to have majority control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves. Amy Jaffe, the director of the Global Energy, Climate, and Sustainability Lab at New York University, joins CBS News with more.

President Trump announced a deal to have majority control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves. Amy Jaffe, the director of the Global Energy, Climate, and Sustainability Lab at New York University, joins CBS News with more.