Trump Is Reportedly Funneling Money From Venezuelan Oil Sales To a Bank Account in Qatar

[CatWoman]

President Donald Trump is funneling proceeds from the sale of Venezuelan oil to a bank account in Qatar, Semafor reported on Wednesday.

This month, Trump ordered an invasion of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro, who was whisked to the U.S. to face federal drug trafficking charges. The move was the culmination of a months-long campaign of aggression against Venezuela, boats from which were bombed by the U.S. for allegedly carrying drugs. The U.S. also seized two oil tankers from the country. After the invasion, Trump said that “we’re going to keep the oil.”

Semafor reported that the Trump administration’s first sale of Venezuelan oil was valued at $500 million, and that the money is being held in multiple bank accounts, the biggest of which is in Qatar:

Revenue from the oil sales is currently being held in bank accounts controlled by the US government, as indicated in Friday’s order, according to the administration official. The main account, according to a second senior administration official, is located in Qatar.

The second official described Qatar as a neutral location where money can flow freely with US approval and without risk of seizure. Trump’s order noted that at least some of the revenue would be held in US Treasury accounts.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/trump-is-reportedly-funneling-money-from-venezuelan-oil-sales-to-a-bank-account-in-qatar/

[unblock]

1. Because when you have a ton of money you want to use to benefit the American people,

naturally the first step is to ship it to qatar.

Naturally.

[orangecrush]

19. Post rec

[moondust]

2. "Thanks for the plane, Qatar!"

[C_U_L8R]

3. Congress has lost control of the purse strings.

Gawd, the GOP is useless and corrupt.

[fujiyamasan]

4. It sounds like he's actually, quite literally stealing it

I mean we’ve heard the stories of developing countries and their corrupt leaders funneling money to Swiss banks. Sounds like Qatar makes the Swiss sound like moral choir boys.

This may be why he was hesitating to back the opposition woman initially (forgot her name). He was probably trying to decide who in Venezuela would give him the bigger cut.

Iran, you’re next! Line up to pay the vig.

[Diraven]

7. I'm sure that's the plan

When Trump leaves office the account will mysteriously disappear into his pocket.

[fujiyamasan]

8. Qatar is holding it for favors too

They know the game.

[markodochartaigh]

5. "After

the invasion, Trump said that 'we’re going to keep the oil.'”

So, Trump is using the royal we now?

[joho260]

24. Who bought the oil?

[markodochartaigh]

25. Apparently the oil coming out of Venezuela now

is going to the US, at least some of it, and the price has gone up 30%.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/16/venezuela-oil-takeover-us-shipment-trump-.html

[Buddyzbuddy]

6. Will all 6 of the S.C. Justices be getting a cut or just 3?

[DFW]

10. I'm sure Thomas and Alito are already independently wealthy.

Decades of doing Leonard Leo’s bidding have surely been rewarded with more than the occasional yacht cruise.

[Buddyzbuddy]

11. So are the billionaires in our Country but that doesn't stop their greed.

Nope, they will always want more and they have proven they are for sale.

[bluestarone]

15. True, BIUT these type BASTARDS never

Get enough. they reach a point thatnthey want MORE and MORE, and MORE!!!

[Justice matters.]

9. So pedo uses taxpayers money to kidnap a head of state

steal the oil, sell it (to who?), then send the bundle to Qatar? (In part, so where else?)

[Baitball Blogger]

12. What happened to America First?

[meow2u3]

16. It never was America First

It was ME first from the beginning.

[dalton99a]

13. Kick

[Callie1979]

14. Why not take the oil & refill the SPR? Can beat the price. nt

[Botany]

17. AKA Qatar banks are holding the proceeds

from Trump's armed robberies of Venezuela's oil.

[Attilatheblond]

26. The Dread Pirate Trump

fixed it for you

[LymphocyteLover]

29. We have to think they are specifically holding the proceeds FOR the orange pedo to use for himself

it's truly sickening and evil-- another outrage that will go down the memory hole because of the daily torrent of sickening, evil, outrages from this sickening, evil, outrageous administration

[Botany]

30. Call it what it is Armed Robbery

Trump is using the U.S. military to take Venezuela's oil and then the money will be put in a middle eastern bank in Trump's name.

[LymphocyteLover]

32. Absolutely!! Goddamn there has anyone been more crooked in this high office. I read a piece about what would happen

if he got control of the Federal Reserve -- we would ripped off even more massively than we are now-- it's so fucked

[Kid Berwyn]

18. "Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal."

Richard M. Nixon, the Crook, channeled by John Glover Roberts, the Traitor.

[CapnSteve]

20. Kleptocracy, pure and simple....

...put a criminal in the White House, get a criminal government.

Vote Democratic up and down the ballot in 2026 to convict these criminals. All of them.

[wolfie001]

21. History's biggest criminal!

Apex predator billionaire. Thanks to the stupid voters who lost their health care and mobile homes that they can no longer afford.

[Attilatheblond]

27. but, for $3 they can have a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, and one other thing

which is probably a piece of shit

[Kid Berwyn]

31. A most hearty meal.

LOLOLOL! As if any of the billionaires could survive on $3 per day.

[sop]

22. Putin has been doing this for years.

[Javaman]

23. aka his pocket nt

[DallasNE]

28. This Sounds Like A Kushner Operation

So, what is his cut?