Alex Horton
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618 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 3 Dec
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So what are the other possibilities?
We know Venezuela has unique reserves of oil that are envy of places across the world.
Is this about that?
It could be.
You know, when you look at the small circle of people who will decide where this operation goes at the White House, you have a lot of antagonists of Maduro in Venezuela in there.
And now some of these levers are starting to look like they're getting pulled.
So when you take a step back and say—
this doesn't make sense that you would target the final node of drug trafficking in a place that doesn't really impact the U.S.
that much, which is, you know, from Venezuela to the U.S.
If that doesn't make sense, if it logically doesn't pass a smell test, then what is it actually about?
Right, right.
And you look at Venezuela, you look at its oil reserves, you look at its pristine coastline, and you start to put these things together that—
Trump has been interested in deals and outcomes where the U.S.
benefits financially.
We saw that in Ukraine, where he put a lot of emphasis on minerals and precious mining as one possible negotiation tactic with the Ukrainians in support.
We see that with his ongoing negotiations in Gaza, with the administration's interest in developing Gaza into something that looks more like Trump Hotel.
It's a theme.
It's a theme for him.
And there's a non-zero chance that there is some of that stuff is animating what the administration ultimately wants to do.
But we just don't know those outcomes yet.
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