America’s New Money Pit
Contributed by Vicki Turner Malone
Why does President Trump want to take responsibility for 35 million Venezuelans? Their economy has been in collapse for many years, has been plagued by hyper-inflation, has over 150 billion of debt, and a crumbling infrastructure. Apart from Chevron, American oil companies showed little interest in new investments during their January 9, 2026, meeting with Trump.
U.S. actions will further destabilize an already unstable country, and the ensuing humanitarian crisis for the Venezuelan people will be our bad. Do Americans really think Venezuelans won’t push back when they watch their oil being exported to the United States while their families starve?
America is the new government standing behind their same old government, the new colonial bad guy, and it all smells like another protracted insurgency war. The U.S. Congress needs to stop it now.