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Trump says tanker carrying one million barrels of Venezuelan oil is off Texas

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Donald Trump says a tanker carrying one million barrels of Venezuelan crude is offshore Texas and that its cargo is being provided to the United States free of charge, according to the Zambian Observer. He presents the arrival as the result of a deal reached in August with Venezuela’s interim government. Lebrief reports that Trump described the delivery as the first instalment of a supply that, he said, is expected to reach several billion barrels.

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