Trump made the controversial remark during a public speech on Friday while defending his administration’s foreign and energy policies.
United States President, Donald Trump, has boasted that oil extracted from Venezuela generated enough revenue to cover the cost of the American war against Iran “about 25 times over.”
Trump made the controversial remark during a public speech on Friday while defending his administration’s foreign and energy policies.
Speaking before supporters, the U.S. president praised Washington’s operations in Venezuela and suggested that the country’s oil reserves had delivered massive economic gains for the United States.
“How did we do in Venezuela? Not bad,” Trump said, according to Al Jazeera. “We’ve taken out so much oil in Venezuela, we paid for the cost of the war about 25 times over.”
