Matt Randolph

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6,441 appearances 30 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard yesterday

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American Power · Did Trump Get Played on Venezuela’s Oil Deal? · 2 Sep 2026 podcast

I thought the OPEC twenty twenty deal was the worst ass kicking I ever saw in my life when Saudi Arabia literally bent Donald Trump over a desk um right in the middle of the kingdom. voice-verified

But this may literally, but yes. voice-verified

Well, I mean probably Actually we don't know, you're right. voice-verified

We didn't voice-verified

This may be even worse than that. voice-verified

So to put it in perspective. voice-verified

Um when the when a US oil company drills on federal land, on US, you know, public land in the United States, they paid the United States a twelve and a half percent royalty. voice-verified

On all the oil they produce. voice-verified

The royalty for this deal in Venezuela is over thirty percent, and that does not include income taxes and production taxes and the other taxes. voice-verified

So you're looking at upwards of forty percent of all. voice-verified

Revenue straight to Venezuela. voice-verified

And that will make it almost impossible. voice-verified

For anybody to make voice-verified

Enough money to even think about recovering any of that investment. voice-verified

So even if this was a completely legit deal, voice-verified

No serious, at least in the United States, no serious company is going to invest in that. voice-verified

When you can just go to North Dakota. voice-verified

or Wyoming or Montana and pay the US government twelve and a half percent. voice-verified

Why would you go all the way to Venezuela to pay them nearly forty percent after, you know, everything adds up? voice-verified

That is why this is such a horrible deal. voice-verified

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