Venezuela has no means of paying back in currency for the loans or the oil infrastructure China has built or promised to build already to the tune of $60B so, China structured repayment to be in barrels of oil essentially lasting forever. You'll notice DJT has stated that China can buy oil which in my opinion means China will still have access to oil on the market, but money previously provided to Venezuela is now a gift.
So, two birds with one stone; a dictator taken down and a major push for influence by Red China in this hemisphere reined in.
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Tried to hint below. It is oil as payment to $60B owed to Xi Zinping for loans and infrastructure.
Replies to: "Tried to hint below. It is oil as payment to $60B owed to Xi Zinping for loans and infrastructure."
- President Dotard, today - Chris94 - 4:41pm 1/4/26
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- This appears to be an attempt at empire building and resource hoarding. - iairishcheeks - 5:16pm 1/4/26
- Is there any way we can portray Greenland's PM as a dictator? - MAS - 6:57pm 1/4/26
- The Dems always work on regime change in the US when Trump is in power. They could do this. - NedoftheHill - 8:09pm 1/4/26
- Where there's a will there is a way. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 7:03pm 1/4/26
- You misspelled "attempt at imitating Vlad" by using military violence and murdering people. [NT] - ND521 - 6:40pm 1/4/26
- Is there any way we can portray Greenland's PM as a dictator? - MAS - 6:57pm 1/4/26
- Does that death count include Chavez? Bombing his mausoleum was the ultimate - TampaIrish - 5:11pm 1/4/26
- And of course, we learned it was never about our borders or narco terrorism. [LINK]
- conorlarkin - 5:09pm 1/4/26
- Update: I think this is probably right - Chris94 - 5:36pm 1/4/26
- It has nothing to do with US national security - Chris94 - 5:14pm 1/4/26
- Tried to hint below. It is oil as payment to $60B owed to Xi Zinping for loans and infrastructure. - JarHead4ND - 7:35pm 1/4/26
- This appears to be an attempt at empire building and resource hoarding. - iairishcheeks - 5:16pm 1/4/26
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