'American profit': Trump shouts the quiet part out loud about Venezuela's oil

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Venezuela's Maduro pleads not guilty in his first court appearance. Plus, Trump reveals his main focus when it comes to Venezuela. And, after months of fighting and failed deals, millions of Americans will face skyrocketing healthcare premiums after ACA subsidies expire. Luke Broadwater, Susan Glasser, David Rohde, Kristy Greenberg, Ron Insana, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, and Nicholas Kristof join The 11th Hour this Monday night.

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0:00.0	Tonight, the captured Venezuelan president makes his first appearance in an American court,
0:06.7	pleading not guilty to charges of narco-terrorism and insisting he is a prisoner of war.
0:13.3	Then Trump makes his goal very clear.
0:15.4	He wants to take Venezuela's vast oil reserves despite the enormous risks.
0:23.0	Plus, a new year brings skyrocketing health care costs, a new controversy over the Epstein files as the 11th hour gets underway on this
0:28.4	Monday night. Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhl. Grateful to be back with you
0:36.2	this year and filled with news to share tonight.
0:39.4	We are now 301 days away from the midterms, and it has been almost three long days since the United
0:45.2	States attacked Venezuela and captured its president, Nicholas Maduro.
0:49.4	And there are still so many unanswered questions about what in the world comes next and what it means for the
0:55.2	world. But one thing is coming across loud and clear. What was on Donald Trump's agenda
1:00.4	when it came to this move? Watch.
1:04.8	The oil business in Venezuela, oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world. The oil infrastructure.
1:11.8	Venezuela, unilaterally seized and stole American oil.
1:16.7	Oil industry.
1:17.7	Massive oil. Venezuela and oil.
1:19.7	Rebuild the oil infrastructure.
1:21.4	The oil companies.
1:22.3	We're going to get the oil flowing the way it should be.
1:24.6	They stole our oil.
1:26.6	Oil is very dangerous. We're in the oil business.
1:28.9	We'll be selling oil. We'll be selling large amounts of oil who have the greatest oil companies in the
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