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The US gained control of oil reserves worth more than than the GDP of most countries
Posted on 1/3/26 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 1/3/26 at 3:06 pm
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Venezuela currently has 303 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, which Trump says the US now controls.
Oil prices are trading at ~$57/barrel, making Venezuela's total reserves worth $17.3 TRILLION.
Even if the US sells this oil for HALF of the market rate, that's still $8.7 TRILLION.
In other words, in 12 hours, the US has gained control of oil reserves worth more than the entire GDP of ALL countries in the world, aside from the US and China.
That's 4 TIMES larger than the GDP of Japan.
Most people do not realize how much the world just changed.
Oil markets will react to this news for the first time on Sunday at 6 PM ET.
The next few days will be critical.
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Posted on 1/3/26 at 3:08 pm to hawgfaninc
I should’ve known this was coming. Whenever the Fed has to inject a shitload of money into the banking system to prevent collapse, some wild shite happens.
Last time was COVID, so this is a pleasant alternative
Last time was COVID, so this is a pleasant alternative
Posted on 1/3/26 at 3:08 pm to hawgfaninc
Why does everything have to be ‘insane’ or ‘crazy’?
Idiots.
Idiots.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 3:08 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 1/3/26 at 3:20 pm to hawgfaninc
That's one way to refill our strategic reserves.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 3:41 pm to shutterspeed
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This is a tectonic event.
Not because of Maduro. Not even because of oil.
Because of what it signals:
1. Sovereign asset capture has gone overt.
This is a direct seizure of $17 trillion in reserves, publicly declared, executed in 12 hours, with zero institutional resistance.
2. The dollar just got re-oiled.
The petrodollar system was fraying. Saudi hedged east. BRICS pushed for multipolarity. Now the US has just hardwired a fresh oil supply directly into its control structure. That’s monetary fuel.
3. Global resource baselines just reset.
Venezuela’s reserves dwarf most OPEC nations. Whoever controls that flow rate controls leverage over global energy pricing for a decade. This is a planetary pricing mechanism shift.
4. The unipolar moment is back - on steroids.
This reverses years of narrative about declining US reach. Trump remapped sovereignty in a single move. Every global actor is now recalibrating risk.
5. Bitcoin’s narrative just matured.
This is why “uncensorable,” “unseizable,” and “non-sovereign” matter. Fiat can reroute $17 trillion overnight with a single military op. Bitcoin remains the only asset immune to that logic.
6. The macro board has tilted.
Expect:
•Gold to spike short term on imperial volatility
•Oil volatility to surge as supply chains reprice
•Bullish Bitcoin
7. Most people are still asleep.
They think this is a Trump story. Or a Venezuela story. It’s a new Bretton Woods, masked as a headline.
What just happened wasn’t a war.
It was an audit.
And the US just claimed the balance sheet.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 3:43 pm to DB_tiger
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should’ve known this was coming. Whenever the Fed has to inject a shitload of money into the banking system to prevent collapse, some wild shite happens.
Our military and oil is literally the only thing keeping our financial house of cards from collapsing
Today is exhibit A of that
Posted on 1/3/26 at 3:46 pm to hawgfaninc
And.......... cut off Chyna from further entrenching itself on our hemisphere.
And.......... stopped Islamist terrorist from training and having a home base in our hemisphere
And.......... eliminated a major international drug smuggling operation.
And.......... stopped Russia continued supporting of an anti-American dictator.
And........... stopped the sale of oil to Iran and Chyna.
Im sure there are more....
And.......... stopped Islamist terrorist from training and having a home base in our hemisphere
And.......... eliminated a major international drug smuggling operation.
And.......... stopped Russia continued supporting of an anti-American dictator.
And........... stopped the sale of oil to Iran and Chyna.
Im sure there are more....
Posted on 1/3/26 at 3:47 pm to hawgfaninc
This also pressures Canada. Their oil sands cost more per barrel to produce. Oil should be stable and relatively cheap long run. Losing the Keystone was a bad thing for Canada.
Very few people understand that the US needs heavy oil where most of our refineries for that oil are. Texas and Louisiana.
Venezuela is going to profit at the expense of Canada
Very few people understand that the US needs heavy oil where most of our refineries for that oil are. Texas and Louisiana.
Venezuela is going to profit at the expense of Canada
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:06 pm to hawgfaninc
it was always going to be about the oil. Trump made that clear in his statement today.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:16 pm to hawgfaninc
Works for me. About time we got something out of overseas intervention.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 4:16 pm to hawgfaninc
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The US gained control of oil reserves worth more than than the GDP of most countries
There has to be a better way to say this. We should not be "gaining control." Otherwise we should gain control of Greenland because we want it.
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