1/9/26 Chris Brunet on the People Getting Rich Off of Trump’s Intervention in Venezuela

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Scott Horton

News, Politics

4.8 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Scott interviews writer Chris Brunet about Paul Singer, American oil companies and everyone else who stands to benefit from what Trump is doing in Venezuela. Discussed on the show: “The Biggest Winner in Venezuela: Paul ‘The Vulture’ Singer” (Substack) Vultures' Picnic by Greg Palast Christopher Brunet is an investigative journalist. He began his career as an economist for the Canadian government before moving into conservative media. He now writes full time on Substack. Follow him on X @chrisbrunet Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/47jMtg7 (The audiobook of Provoked is being published in sections at https://scotthortonshow.com) Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism: https://amzn.to/3tgMCdw Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://amzn.to/3HRufs0 Follow Scott on X @scotthortonshow And check out Scott’s full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Incorporated https://rrbi.co Moon Does Artisan Coffee https://scotthorton.org/coffee; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616 and Dissident Media https://dissidentmedia.com You can also support Scott’s work by making a one-time or recurring donation at https://scotthorton.org/donate/https://scotthortonshow.com or https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen of the press have been less than honest, reporting to the American people what's going on in this country?
0:11.0	Because the babies are making this.
0:13.0	We're dealing with Hitler Revisited.
0:15.0	This is the Scott Horton Show, Libertarian Foreign Policy, mostly.
0:21.7	When the president visit, that means that it is not a legal.
0:24.5	We're going to take out seven countries in five years.
0:27.0	They don't know what the fuck they're doing.
0:29.3	Negotiate now.
0:31.4	End this war.
0:33.5	And now, here's your host, Scott Horton.
0:39.2	All right, you guys, introducing Chris Brunette.
0:42.7	And he writes at chrisbrunette.com, that's his substack.
0:47.4	And it's got this really great article.
0:50.0	The biggest winner in Venezuela, Paul the Vulture, singer, an old and also medium and
1:00.1	a newer, familiar name. Welcome to the show. How are you doing? Hey, it's good to be here.
1:06.4	I know a lot of guests say that they're honored to be here, but I first came across your work when I saw your debate against Mark Dubowitz.
1:13.9	And I really loved that.
1:15.8	Like I was watching it and I could feel like patriotism bursting from my chest.
1:20.1	So I am very honored to be here.
1:23.1	Well, thank you very much for that.
1:24.4	Appreciate that.
1:25.3	And I'm in good company here. I really like your writing here. You remind me of my old buddy Greg Pallas, who you cite in some of his old long loss work. So that's very good. Why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself first here?
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