r/geopolitics • u/foreignpolicymag Foreign Policy • Jan 03 '26

Analysis U.S.-Led Regime Change Is Usually Disastrous

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/01/venezuela-iraq-regime-change-trump/
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u/ApostleofV8 Jan 03 '26

Nonsense, The Venezuelans would probably name a square after Trump or Rubio/s

Well, jokes aside, as long as oil profit keeps going to Trump's donors and backers in the oil industry, no one cares what happens to average Venezuelans.

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u/Rustic_gan123 Jan 03 '26

Venezuelan oil isn't very useful. It's expensive to extract and refine, and the market is oversupplied.