A month before the US attack on Venezuela, which resulted in the illegal abduction of President Maduro, US President Donald Trump allegedly warned oil executives of “big changes” coming to Venezuela, according to a The Wall Street Journal report.

Private signals to the oil industry

According to sources cited by the WSJ, Trump delivered a vague but deliberate message to a few US oil CEOs: “Get ready.” The statement reportedly suggested that access to Venezuela’s lucrative oil reserves was imminent.

No policy details were provided, and Trump did not solicit the executives’ views; he merely alluded to impending shifts.

Observers note that this warning strongly indicates the central role oil played in shaping Trump’s decision to invade, kidnap Maduro, and declare that US companies would soon invest in Venezuela’s infrastructure.

Oil as the real objective

Afterward, Trump openly indicated that Washington intends to assert control over Venezuela’s oil sector following the military operation that led to the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, reinforcing long-standing concerns that the meddling was driven by energy interests rather than security or "democracy".

Speaking to Fox News on Saturday, Trump said the United States would be “very strongly involved” in Venezuela’s oil industry after the operation, presenting American corporate access as a central outcome of the assault.

“We have the greatest oil companies in the world, the biggest, the greatest, and we're going to be very much involved.”

The remarks amount to an unusually direct admission that access to oil resources was a core consideration in the US action, contradicting earlier justifications.

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