Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky

Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky

Breaking: The Secret Reason Trump Really Invaded Venezuela

Another story of the Trump Swamp

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Julie Roginsky
Jan 12, 2026
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Imagine if an American president were to green light the transfer of one of the world’s most valuable sovereign assets into the hands of a massive political donor. You actually don’t need to imagine it because it’s happening. The emerging saga of Venezuela’s crown jewel refinery, Citgo, and Donald Trump’s orchestration of both regime change and oil revenue control looks less like geopolitical strategy and more like Beltway insider deal-making that lines the pockets of a mega-Trump donor.

If you want to read a tale of the Trump Swamp, here it is: a story about how Trump is using our taxpayer dollars, breaking international law, and putting our military at risk to reward a political crony who gave nearly $50 million to Republican campaigns and PACs in 2024 alone — and exponentially more than that since Trump rode down the golden escalator.

Now comes the payoff, courtesy of the United States military and the American taxpayer.

This is a scandal of massive proportions — and our legacy media is largely ignoring it.

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