Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Venezuela will be turning over tens of millions of barrels of oil to the United States, President Donald Trump said Tuesday, days after the U.S. military seized the authoritarian president of the country, Nicolas Maduro.
Trump said Venezuela's interim government, sworn in Monday, will be giving the United States between 30 million and 50 million barrels of "high quality, sanctioned oil."
"This oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!" Trump said on his Truth Social platform.
It was unclear when the United States would receive the oil, but it will be brought to the United States aboard oil tankers.
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