{"id":3393,"date":"2026-09-02T19:10:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2026-09-02T19:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:10:53","slug":"republicans-worry-trumps-oil-meddling-could-stall-venezuelas-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3393","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Worry Trump&#8217;s Oil Meddling Could Stall Venezuela&#8217;s Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s <span><u>oil deal with the Venezuelan government<\/u><\/span> has raised red flags among House Republicans who fear that talks with acting President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez could ruin the chances of democratic elections in the country.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3391\">Pentagon Delays PFAS Cleanup at Over 200 Military Sites for the Third Time<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019m looking for more information because I don\u2019t trust [the Venezuelan government],\u201d one House Republican, who was granted anonymity to speak about internal deliberations, told NOTUS. \u201cI think that this is preservation on their part, which I understand, but I don\u2019t like, and what I would love to see is a laid-out time frame of when elections are going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Trump announced the framework, the lawmaker said, \u201cI definitely had pause.\u201d<\/p><p>Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with Democrats, are demanding a briefing from the Trump administrationto break down how a U.S. majority stake in the oil reserves would work and to provide a timeline for when free elections would take place in Venezuela, NOTUS has learned.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img 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               <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Burgum\" class=\"wp-image-3118\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d7b533497f5a2b88073ac38e5e25d585-768x506.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d7b533497f5a2b88073ac38e5e25d585-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d7b533497f5a2b88073ac38e5e25d585-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d7b533497f5a2b88073ac38e5e25d585.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Trump Is Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Doug Burgum\" class=\"wp-image-3364\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d1f6ed92de8d1ac82f323dd38f7ec7e6-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d1f6ed92de8d1ac82f323dd38f7ec7e6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d1f6ed92de8d1ac82f323dd38f7ec7e6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d1f6ed92de8d1ac82f323dd38f7ec7e6.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Interior Department Staff Fear a Major Agency Shake-Up\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Lawmakers have asked the State Department to explain Trump\u2019s deal, which would give the U.S. control of at least 65 billion barrels of oil, at the House Foreign Affairs Committee\u2019s weekly so-called \u201chot spot briefings,\u201d the House Republican told NOTUS. Administration officials regularly attend these sessions.<\/p><p>Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs\u2019 Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, has also made inquiries to the State Department regarding the Venezuelan oil deal, his office told NOTUS.<\/p><p>The Trump administration is supportive of democratic elections in Venezuela, but has not offered a specific timeline when those would take place.<\/p><p>Earlier this month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has led U.S. operations in Venezuela since <span><u>Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s ouster<\/u><\/span> in January, <span><u>told reporters<\/u><\/span> that \u201cthere\u2019s a lot of work that has to happen to lay the groundwork for an election\u201d and that such a process would take \u201cnot years, but certainly months and weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that in order for elections to take place, Venezuela must \u201chave an economy and a country whose institutions are functioning, so that they\u2019re not inheriting a disaster, they\u2019re not inheriting a reconstruction process, they\u2019re inheriting a functional state.\u201d<\/p><p>The White House\u2019s <span><u>fact sheet<\/u><\/span> on the oil deal states that this \u201cinvestment in Venezuela\u2019s energy sector is a key step in the Trump Administration\u2019s three-part plan of stabilization, reconstruction and democratic transition.\u201d<\/p><p>Still, some Republicans were skeptical about working with Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019ve always said that the rule of law needs to be implemented in Venezuela in order for those deals and in order for the big boys in the oil industry in the United States to come to Venezuela. They need to know that the person who is [president] was elected by the Venezuelans, and that\u2019s not the case with Delcy, so we have a glitch there,\u201d Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Florida), chair of the House Foreign Affairs\u2019 Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, told NOTUS.<\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019m afraid that once Trump is not at the White House &#8230; then Delcy may be still there, and this deal may not continue benefiting the American public,\u201d Salazar said.<\/p><p>When asked if she was concerned that the agreement would eliminate any incentive the U.S. has to replace the current Venezuelan government, Salazar said, \u201cThe United States has to have the incentive of behaving according to our Constitution, because we\u2019re not in the business of colonizing anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S., Salazar added, has to give Venezuelans \u201cthe platform\u201d to have \u201cfree and fair elections.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cI call Delcy Rodr\u00edguez the interim dictator,\u201d Rep. Carlos Gim\u00e9nez (R-Florida) told NOTUS. \u201cWhat I hear about the oil and the oil deal is actually very good for the United States and also good for Venezuela; I just don\u2019t like too much that we\u2019re dealing with that government. We need to move on from that government.\u201d<\/p><p>Distrusting Rodr\u00edguez is one of the rare areas of bipartisan agreement in the House, according to Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-New York), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He told NOTUS that he \u201cabsolutely\u201d wants the State Department to brief members of Congress about the oil deal.<\/p><p>\u201cWhat [Trump] is doing there is kind of bringing some of us together who really believe and want to promote democracy,\u201d Meeks joked.<\/p><p>Days after announcing the oil deal, the Trump administration received pushback for negotiating with the Venezuelan regime. When the president announced the deal, he <span><u>said on Truth Social<\/u><\/span> that his administration worked \u201cclosely with Highly Respected Interim President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez.\u201d<\/p><p>Since then, other U.S. officials have been doing cleanup.<\/p>\n<p>One U.S. official told NOTUS that the Venezuelan oil deal is \u201ca private deal with a private company. It\u2019s not a deal with the interim government of Venezuela and there was not a political process included in the negotiations.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3388\">State Lawmakers Demand Burgum Halt Plans to Give Part of Yosemite to a Developer<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cI understand the initial reaction is that we\u2019ve done a deal with the interim government. The deal is not with the interim government; the deal is with a private entity based abroad,\u201d the official said in a statement. \u201cSo this in no way impedes a democratic transition, nor does it mean that it cements the interim government as the government.\u201d<\/p><p>The same official pointed out that the administration has had to work with Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s government before: \u201cThey are the same people we have to deal with now in order to bring in flights. When American Airlines decided to operate direct flights to Venezuela, we had to work with them. When our delegations visit to help facilitate this democratic transition, the interim authorities are the ones who run passport processing.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cThey are in charge right now of maintaining stability in that country as we work through this transition process,\u201d they continued.<\/p><p>Some Democrats have vowed to investigate the deal if the party gains majorities in Congress in November, <span><u>Semafor reported<\/u><\/span>.The Defense Department\u2019s Office of Strategic Capital would take a 35% equity stake in North American Blue Energy Partners, which received \u201c100-year concessions for 17 oil fields with proven reserves of approximately 65 billion barrels\u201d from the Venezuelan government, per the White House\u2019s <span><u>fact sheet<\/u><\/span> on the deal.<\/p><p>A White House official defended the structure, telling NOTUS in a statement: \u201cThere can be no transition without a stable economy, and this deal will bring us to a place where elections are possible. This is a country that has been plagued for decades with hyperinflation and virtually zero investment. This privatization helps make a democratic transition possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s worth noting that none of the major opposition leaders in Venezuela have come out to attack this deal \u2014 because it\u2019s a good deal for the people of Venezuela and will supercharge their economic recovery,\u201d the White House official added.<\/p><p>Behind closed doors, Republicans have questioned the administration\u2019s actions in Venezuela. In a classified briefing after Maduro\u2019s ouster, Rep. Michael Baumgartner (R-Washington), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, asked administration officials for a specific time frame on when elections would happen, as <span><u>NOTUS first reported<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p>Baumgartner told NOTUS that his first reaction to Trump\u2019s Venezuelan oil announcement was \u201cI want to learn more.\u201d But, he added, the deal was \u201cone of the most significant strategic moves that any president has made,\u201d because it would remove Chinese and Russian influence from Venezuela\u2019s oil business.<\/p><p>Four lawmakers \u2014 House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Brian Mast (R-Florida) and Reps. Kat Cammack (R-Florida), Randy Fine (R-Florida) and Jonathan Jackson (D-Illinois) \u2014 traveled to Caracas in July to meet with Rodr\u00edguez and her brother, Jorge Rodr\u00edguez, who is the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly. Based on their meetings, Mast, Fine and Cammack told NOTUS that the Venezuelan government is eager to have a good relationship with the U.S.<\/p><p>Mast told NOTUS that the Rodr\u00edguez siblings are \u201cactively working to change the institutions of government that ran the previous elections. So if you want to trust a new election, you\u2019re probably not going to trust that if the people that ran the Maduro elections are still there.\u201d (The 2024 Venezuelan election results, in which Maduro <span><u>declared himself the winner<\/u><\/span>, are <span><u>widely considered fraudulent<\/u><\/span>.)<\/p><p>But the Venezuelan opposition is \u201cvery much concerned about the likelihood of elections,\u201d Jackson told NOTUS. The Illinois Democrat was the only member of the congressional delegation to Caracas that met with members of the Venezuelan opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson said that Venezuelan opposition members told him they\u2019re concerned that the Trump administration has distanced itself from opposition leader <span><u>Mar\u00eda Corina Machado<\/u><\/span>, including not demanding that she be part of the reconciliation negotiations in the country<\/p><p>.<\/p><p>Negotiations between Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s government and the opposition are <span><u>expected to resume<\/u><\/span> in mid-September. The U.S. official said that the Trump administration is \u201csponsoring\u201d these talks.<\/p><p>The Venezuelan oil deal comes as Americans are facing high oil prices because of the U.S. war in Iran, a major concern for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p><p>While Cammack told NOTUS that the deal is \u201cgoing to bring down gas prices for Americans,\u201d <span><u>oil industry experts<\/u><\/span> <span><u>say it will take years<\/u><\/span> for Venezuela\u2019s crude oil to flow into the U.S.<\/p><p>A second House Republican, who was granted anonymity to speak freely, said they trust that Venezuelan elections will happen as long as Rubio remains in charge of the operations in the country.<\/p><p>\u201cIf they were to remove Marco Rubio tomorrow, which could happen, because this president, he loves you today and he hates you tomorrow,\u201d the lawmaker told NOTUS, \u201c<i>then<\/i> I would be worried.\u201d<br\/><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3386\">Trump Suggests Renaming the Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee want a briefing from the Trump administration on the details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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