Trump signs order to firewall Venezuela oil revenue held in US

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Yahoo! Finance/Bloomberg

Sat, January 10, 2026 at 12:03 PM EST 1 min read


(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump took another step toward controlling future sales of Venezuelan oil and its proceeds by declaring a national emergency and issuing a directive meant to block claims on the revenue.

The executive order Trump signed Saturday is meant to safeguard Venezuelan oil revenue held in US Treasury accounts, blocking it from the Latin American country’s creditors and preventing its seizure to satisfy debts or other legal claims, according to a White House fact sheet. The goal is “ensuring these funds are preserved to advance US foreign policy objectives,” the fact sheet said.

The order “affirms the funds are sovereign property of Venezuela” even when held in US custody for government and diplomatic purposes, and therefore not subject to private claims, the White House said.

The Trump administration has said it will use the proceeds from the sale of Venezuelan oil — beginning with what Trump has claimed as 30 million to 50 million barrels — to benefit the Venezuelan and American people. The sales are meant to help drain a growing accumulation of crude in storage and keep revenue flowing following the capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.

Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-signs-order-firewall-venezuela-170340263.html

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NONE of these "schemes" produce any "proceeds" for anyone. People are still waiting for the "proceeds from DOGeshit cuts" and the "proceeds from tariffs".

[Diraven]

1. This is pure propaganda

The US currently has no control over any Venezuelan oil, other than Trump's threat to seize oil tankers. Trump, however, believes removing Maduro effectively makes him the king of Venezuela and gives him the right to rule it by decree. It's bonkers.

[Bayard]

2. "to benefit the Venezuelan and American people."

That means Venezuela gets 10%, trump and his partners in crime get the rest.

Completely transparent.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. They probably won't even see that much

It'll be like the share-croppers agreements - they deduct out all the "expenses" required to set up and maintain the worksite and that leaves the "worker" forever in debt, even during high production years.

[cstanleytech]

4. That's not a national emergency.