Jiang says Trump's main aim is access to Venezuela's oil and wider resource base, while secondary public justifications include stopping drug trafficking and rolling back Venezuelan ties to Russia, China, and Iran.
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Drug Trafficking
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"...there are other motivations. So for example, he wants to stop drug trafficking into America. He also says that Venezuela is close allies of..."
"open up for business he wants to make venezuela much more democratic because maduro stole the last election in 2024. um so as you..."
"drug trafficking to severe the close ties between venezuela and iran russia and china and to open um to privatize the venezuelan economy okay..."
"...a great mechanism to finance a lot of its operations. Especially drug trafficking, okay? Third question is, why would they keep it secret? And..."
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Jiang starts with a tactical question about Trump and Venezuela, but the interview keeps widening until Venezuela becomes only the first front in a larger story: a Monroe Doctrine empire that prefers calibrated coercion...
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