Trump’s Venezuela War: Reckless, Brazen, and Driven by Oil
Washington’s assault on Caracas exposes a lawless, oil-driven intervention that sacrifices international law, regional stability, and Venezuelan sovereignty for corporate profit.
Venezuela | PUREWILAYAH.COM — The latest U.S. military assault on Venezuela under President Donald Trump has laid bare a reckless and brazen war of choice, driven not by security or democracy, but by Washington’s determination to dominate Venezuela’s vast oil wealth.
U.S. forces launched bombing raids on Caracas, followed by the abduction of the country’s constitutional president—an act Caracas has denounced as a flagrant violation of sovereignty and international law.
Trump publicly confirmed the operation, openly declaring that the United States would “run” Venezuela until a so-called transition is imposed.
An analysis by the U.S. outlet Daily Beast noted that Trump openly framed the assault around reclaiming oil assets and handing them to American corporations, exposing the operation as an oil-driven intervention rather than a security necessity.
A Reckless War of Choice, Built on Lies and Unilateral Force
As with previous U.S. wars of intervention, the assault on Venezuela was justified through exaggerated and politically convenient claims, including allegations of drug trafficking and criminal networks linked to the Venezuelan leadership.
Critics note that these accusations mirror past U.S. narratives used to sell wars in Iraq and elsewhere—claims later exposed as fabrications or gross distortions. This time, however, Washington dispensed with even the pretense of multilateral approval, bypassing Congress and ignoring international law altogether.
The recklessness of the operation is compounded by the absence of any coherent post-war plan, with Trump issuing threats against neighboring states and signaling a willingness to destabilize the entire region in pursuit of U.S. dominance.
Oil at the Core: Corporate Interests Behind the Assault
The real motive behind the war has been stated openly. Trump framed the attack as an opportunity to reclaim Venezuela’s oil assets and hand them to U.S. corporations, stripping away any remaining façade of humanitarian concern.
The intervention has reinforced long-standing accusations that U.S. foreign policy is shaped by corporate and fossil-fuel interests rather than international norms or democratic principles. Trump’s own statements left little ambiguity that control over Venezuela’s vast oil reserves sits at the center of Washington’s strategy.
For Venezuela, the consequences are profound. The normalization of leader abduction, foreign occupation, and resource seizure represents an existential threat to sovereignty—not only for Venezuela, but for Latin America as a whole.
From Iraq to Libya, history has shown that wars waged for oil leave devastation, not democracy. Venezuela now stands as the latest target of a reckless U.S. strategy that treats international law as disposable and sovereign nations as assets to be seized. (PW)