Venezuela did steal oil

If you saw Trump’s weird post, it’s sort of partially correct. Chavez kicked out Cononco while they were exploring for oil. International courts declared it illegal.

Making this a war is the dumb part. Reducing oil consumption would save more lives and take power away from Venezuela.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2025/12/16/parsing-trumps-venezuela-claims-the-oil-case-behind-the-rhetoric/