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What's Trump's Venezuela endgame? - Consider This from NPR

What's Trump's Venezuela endgame? - Consider This from NPR

Update: 2025-12-17
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The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on Venezuela and its leader.  What is the ultimate goal?



President Trump says he’s imposing a ban on all ‘sanctioned’ oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

Venezuela’s government is calling this an ‘outrageous threat’ intended to rob the country of its oil wealth. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

This episode was produced by Tyler Bartlam, with audio engineering from Ted Mebane. 

It was edited by Courtney Dorning and Christopher Intagliata.

Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.

  

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What's Trump's Venezuela endgame? - Consider This from NPR

What's Trump's Venezuela endgame? - Consider This from NPR