This week on Up First, the Trump administration and Venezuela.
Can the U.S.
run a foreign government, as the president says?
They simply may not adopt the policies that Trump would like to see.
It's a complex, fast-moving story.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
President Trump says Venezuela will turn over 30 to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States.
This follows the U.S.
capture of the country's then-president.
As NPR's Franco-Ordonez reports, Trump says that Venezuelan oil will then be sold at market price.
President Trump says in a social media post that he'll control the proceeds from the oil sales to,
quote, ensure that the money is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States.
He adds that it will be transported by storage ships directly to unloading docks in the U.S.
He says that his energy secretary, Chris Wright, is executing the plan.
Venezuela, of course, has some of the largest oil resources in the world,
but it has been decimated by poor management.
Oil fields are decaying, and the infrastructure is in horrible shape.