Breaking Points: Massie & Khanna Call Out Trump’s Venezuela Oil Rhetoric
Update: 2025-12-18
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A stark warning: rhetoric about Venezuelan oil risks drawing the U.S. into an unnecessary and unconstitutional conflict. (Original: 15 minutes → Condensed: 2 minutes.) Hosts Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti sit down with Congressmen Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie to dissect Trump’s claim that the U.S. will “get back” Venezuela’s oil, revealing factual contradictions—U.S. firms like Chevron still operate under licenses—and the dangerous gap left by Congress’s failed war powers votes. Listeners will learn the legal and political stakes around war, executive power, sanctions, and oil-driven motives, plus why regime change rarely yields stable democracies. Khanna emphasizes public opposition to new wars and selective enforcement on drug and corruption narratives; Massie presses that any kinetic action requires a congressional vote to preserve constitutional checks. This summary cuts to the core takeaways on Venezuela, geopolitics, war authorization, and the domestic politics shaping foreign policy. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.
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