US Presidents versus the Deep State
34 Eisenhower - Military Army General
35 JFK - Military Navy LT KIA
36 Johnson - Military Navy Commander
37 Nixon - Military Navy Commander
38 Ford - Military Navy Lt Commander
39 Carter - Military Navy LT
40 Reagan - Military Army Captain 2 assassination attempts
41 HW Bush - CIA
42 Clinton - CIA
43 GW Bush - CIA
44 Obama - CIA
45 Trump - assassination attempts, attempted coup 6/2020
46 Biden - Controlled stolen election
47 Trump
VZ also has a huge Aluminum smelter
Co owned by KOBE steel
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-metals/venezuela-steel-aluminum-output-hit-lowest-level-in-30-years-idUSKBN0MJ23220150323/
https://thediggings.com/mines/usgs10239402
Oil market opening
headline
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/04/oil-prices-trump-maduro-venezuela.html
Crude oil prices edged lower Sunday, as the overthrow of President Nicolas Maduro by the Trump administration has cast deep uncertainty over oil-rich Venezuela.
U.S. crude oil
fell 31 cents, or 0.54%, to $57.01 per barrel. Global benchmark Brent
fell 22 cents, or 0.36%, to $60.53 per barrel.
President Donald Trump made it clear Saturday that U.S. investment in Venezuela’s oil sector is a key objective of the regime change operation that ousted Maduro.
Venezuela, a founding member of OPEC, sits on the largest proven crude oil reserves in the world at 303 billion barrels or about 17% of the global total, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Caracas produced about 3.5 million barrels per day at its peak in the late 1990s, but output has declined significantly since then, according to energy consulting firm Kpler. The South American nation is currently producing about 800,000 bpd, Kpler data shows.
Chevron is the only U.S. oil major operating in Venezuela. It was exporting about 140,000 bpd at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, according to Kpler.
Oil executives operating in Venezuela say it will cost $10 billion annually to turn production around and a stable security environment is essential to grow production back to historic levels, said Helima Croft, head of global commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets.