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Donald Trump

What's on Donald Trump's mind?

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65 billion barrels of venezuelan oil 27% renaming lake ontario 20% blowing kharg island to smithereens 16% · newthe 50% tariffs on canada 13% everything else 24%
#1
"Biggest oil deal in world history" meets the fine print

He says the US now controls 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan reserves and will refill the SPR; analysts say your Labor Day gas price won't notice.

Exclusive | Inside Trump’s Plan to Give the Pentagon a Stake in Venezuela’s Oil Riches

WSJ · 2026-08-30
our translation

he needs a number so big nobody checks the arithmetic. 65 billion barrels is the headline, cheaper gas is the promise, and the pentagon stake is the part he hopes you skip.

Deal terms land, gas-price math questionedvery sure · 4 sources
#2
Google folded on Lake Ontario. Now he's calling Apple.
Google flipped; Apple lobbied nextvery sure · 4 sources
#3
US and Iran trade fire again, and he posts AI video of it
new — First US-Iran strikes in a monthpretty sure · 3 sources
#4
"I don't want Canadian anything" — now with a relocation pitch
Escalation as Carney refuses to blinkpretty sure · 3 sources
monday, august 31
Host the oil executives he just accused of gouging drivers(reported)
Sign off on the next round of strikes he promised Iran(reported)
Check whether Apple Maps has caved on Lake America yet(safe bet)
Post the 65-billion-barrel number at least three more times(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Trump to host oil executives after accusing refiners of gouging consumers

news.google.com · 2026-08-31

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