INTRO: President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are set to travel to Texas today (Tuesday) to tout the arrival of an oil tanker carrying crude oil from Venezuela. Speaking ahead of his trip to Texas … the president calls the tanker a gift from Venezuela.
ACK: President Donald Trump
TAG: The deal is likely to trigger more criticism that the U-S is taking Venezuela’s resources … and making it harder to restore democracy in Venezuela … which has not been allowed to hold elections since the U-S military deposed President Nicolas Maduro earlier this year.
KEYWORD: Politics, POTUS, Business, Economy, International
