Daily Show: Trump Admits It's All About The Oil!
On Monday,The Daily Show's Jon Stewart reverted back to form and forcefully mocked the lies put forth by Trump over his invasion of Venezuela, which was all about the oil.
Since the airing of this program, Trump has made more statements about the kidnapping of Maduro and admitted it was all about their resources, but initially the Trump administration was claiming it was a law enforcement endeavor to bring a dangerous criminal justice.
As you watch the video, Trump all by himself destroys that narrative.
STEWART: On what moral foundation will this conflict be framed?
TRUMP: We're gonna have a presence in Venezuela as it pertains to oil, but we're gonna get the oil flowing the way it should be.
STEWART: Seems a little on the nose. Oil, precious commodity, certainly, but not the reason a country formed 250 years ago on the ideas of liberty and self-determination would go into a country and snatch a man at night.
There must be a slightly more noble pretense.
TRUMP: We're gonna be taking out a tremendous amount of wealth out of the ground. We need total access. We need access to the oil.
STEWART: Sir, again, let me... I see where we're going here. Do you mind just reframing that? I'm not quite clear on the high-minded principle behind this.
TRUMP: In other words, we'll be selling oil.