"So, who has the most to gain from the Trump Administration’s takeover? Meet Paul Singer.

Singer is the founder, president & co-CEO of Elliott Investment Management. In November 2025, his company’s affiliate Amber Energy won court approval to acquire the parent company of Citgo, the US-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil company - Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA)."

~ The Feed

#Trump #Venezuela #imperalism #oil #EconomicElites #Citgo #PaulSinger
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https://thefeed1.substack.com/p/meet-the-oligarch-behind-trumps-venzuela

"So, who has the most to gain from the Trump Administration’s takeover? Meet Paul Singer.

Singer is the founder, president & co-CEO of Elliott Investment Management. In November 2025, his company’s affiliate Amber Energy won court approval to acquire the parent company of Citgo, the US-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil company - Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA)."

~ The Feed

#Trump #Venezuela #imperalism #oil #EconomicElites #Citgo #PaulSinger
/2

https://thefeed1.substack.com/p/meet-the-oligarch-behind-trumps-venzuela

"Oil companies are key partners in Trump’s imperial plans for Latin America. Stocks in ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and ConocoPhillips surged the day after Trump’s illegal attack on Venezuela."

~ Derek Seidman

#Trump #Venezuela #imperalism #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #ExxonMobil #Halliburton #ConocoPhillips #Citgo #PaulSinger
/1

https://truthout.org/articles/oil-companies-are-key-partners-in-trumps-imperial-plans-for-latin-america

"And the Trump donor who bought Citgo is about to maybe be a trillionaire. We're basically enriching oil companies. And then, yes, you, the taxpayer, you can't get health care, but you're going to pay these oil companies to develop.

~ Joy-Ann Reid

#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #Citgo
/11

https://www.joyannreid.com/p/trumperialism-some-old-american-empire

"On Monday, Popular Information reported that the U.S. military raid that removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power could be a financial windfall for Paul Singer, a Trump-supporting billionaire."

~ Judd Legum

#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #Citgo
/12

https://popular.info/p/update-trump-relaxes-venezuelan-oil

"The broad impact will be destabilization, with uncontrollable consequences for the region and the world."

#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #Citgo
/17

"The U.S. attack on Venezuela has no defensible legal rationale, no international coalition, and no occupation force to manage the situation. With the exception of Israel, it has elicited widespread concern around the world, which is no doubt muted given Trump’s volatility and trigger happiness with retaliatory tariffs."

~ Nicholas Grossman

#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #Citgo
/16

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-is-ensuring-that-his-venezuela

"Trump doesn’t see nations; he sees balance sheets. He doesn’t respect sovereignty; he prices it. He doesn’t ask what’s legal or moral; he asks what he gets to keep.

From Iraq to Venezuela. From oil fields to ice fields. From the 26th floor of Trump Tower to the Oval Office.

It was about the oil then.
It’s about the oil now."

~ Michael Cohen

#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #Citgo
/15

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-hostile-takeover-doctrine

"At the top of that list is Citgo, a company designed to process Venezuelan oil in the U.S. Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Citgo 'may emerge as one of the biggest beneficiaries of President Donald Trump’s plan to bring millions of barrels of the country’s oil to the US.'”

#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #Citgo
/14

"On Tuesday evening, Trump announced on Truth Social that Venezuela would be 'turning over' between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil. The heavy crude will be 'brought directly to unloading docks in the United States.'

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s announcement was 'good news for Gulf Coast refineries that are configured to run heavy crude including from Venezuela.'”

#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #Citgo
/13

"On Monday, Popular Information reported that the U.S. military raid that removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power could be a financial windfall for Paul Singer, a Trump-supporting billionaire."

~ Judd Legum

#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #Citgo
/12

https://popular.info/p/update-trump-relaxes-venezuelan-oil

"And the Trump donor who bought Citgo is about to maybe be a trillionaire. We're basically enriching oil companies. And then, yes, you, the taxpayer, you can't get health care, but you're going to pay these oil companies to develop.

~ Joy-Ann Reid

#Trump #Venezuela #oil #BigOil #FossilFuels #EconomicElites #imperialism #Citgo
/11

https://www.joyannreid.com/p/trumperialism-some-old-american-empire

"The extraordinary attack, which legal experts said violated U.S. and international law, created a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.

In 2024, Singer, an 81-year-old with a net worth of $6.7 billion, donated $5 million to Make America Great Again Inc., Trump’s Super PAC."

~ Judd Legum

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
/31

https://popular.info/p/venezuela-raid-enriches-maga-billionaire

"Citgo owns three major refineries on the Gulf Coast, 43 oil terminals, and a network of over 4,000 independently owned gas stations."

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
/33

"Singer donated tens of millions more in the 2024 cycle to support Trump’s allies, including $37 million to support the election of Republicans to Congress. He also donated an undisclosed amount to fund Trump’s second transition. ...

In November 2025, Singer acquired Citgo, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil company."

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
/32

"The extraordinary attack, which legal experts said violated U.S. and international law, created a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.

In 2024, Singer, an 81-year-old with a net worth of $6.7 billion, donated $5 million to Make America Great Again Inc., Trump’s Super PAC."

~ Judd Legum

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
/31

https://popular.info/p/venezuela-raid-enriches-maga-billionaire