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Trump asks US oil company's CEO why they left Venezuela, he blames Trump's 2019 sanctions
short by Ashley Paul / on Saturday, 10 January, 2026
Donald Trump asked Jeff Miller, CEO of US' largest oilfield services company Halliburton, why his company left Venezuela despite operating there since 1938. "We left under the sanctions in 2019. We'd intended to stay and when sanctions went into place, we were required to leave." Miller was referring to US' 2019 sanctions on Venezuelan oil imposed under Trump's first presidency.
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