Why the US and Venezuela Are Suddenly Getting Along

[0:05]What's interesting about being here is this is what all the geopolitical rhetoric is about. It's about oil. So the Energy Secretary just arrived with the Interim President, and they're here to talk about this oil. And this is what it's all about, all the geopolitical bugaboo that's going on, everything that's going on between Venezuela and America. It's about this oil. And who gets to pump it and who gets to refine it, who gets to ship it? We're now best friends, even though we bombed Caracas and took Maduro. We are now best friends because of oil and resources. So they're talking about how best to pump, refine, extricate the oil. The Americans want to come in and do it more efficiently than the Chinese. When we came in here, the Chinese, there was sort of wastelands of oil pools. And we're going to ask them what, what they've been talking about here in the pointy end of the spear of American diplomacy. So exciting to be out here at the Orinoco Oil Belt with interim President, Delcy Rodriguez, and we're seeing the tremendous, uh, potential for U.S. Venezuelan cooperation in these Chevron facilities right here. State of the art, high density, high quality oil production, done in a very safe, small environmental footprint, tremendous economic benefits. This is just a microcosm of what could become a huge cooperation and a win for both of our countries and both of our peoples. What can America and American companies bring to this region and these oil fields that nobody else can bring? Oh, they can bring, uh, capital. They can bring American technology and American can do culture. Americans are risk takers, Americans are innovators. They've got welcoming partners here. America and Venezuela have been partners for many decades. We've gone our separate ways for a few decades, but I think the reuniting of the talent of American businesses, uh, and the passion of the Venezuelan people and the resources here, uh, the sky's the limit. Thank you guys so much. Thank you, press! What's interesting to think about while we're here is the Wild West. I mean, it's literally, we're going to the farthest corners of the earth to find the oil and take as much as we can. This is, I think, what is making everything normal between the Energy Secretary and Delcy, even though they kidnapped her boss and bombed downtown Caracas less than a month ago, this is what makes it normal. Why? Because America wants the oil. Venezuela wants the money. And so, you know, we're going to be pals because we want this. We want the energy, they want the cash. And that's foreign policy in the modern age. Mango.