Trump 'seriously considering' plan to make Venezuela and its $40 trillion in oil permanent part of USA | Flipboard

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Trump 'seriously considering' plan to make Venezuela and its $40 trillion in oil permanent part of USA President Donald Trump is eyeing oil-rich Venezuela as a potential 51st state as officials continue to court oil companies for investments in the South…

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intervention that removed President Nicolas Maduro from power.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Trump has nominated [Mastriano] to be ambassador to Slovakia”

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The nomination of Doug Mastriano as ambassador to Slovakia is reported in cross-references from Flipboard.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Douglas Vincent Mastriano (born January 2, 1964) is an American far-right politician and retired military officer who has served in the Pennsylvania Senate since 2019, representing the 33rd district f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Mastriano

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Pennsylvania. Incumbent Democratic governor Josh Shapiro is running for re-election to a second …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of political endorsements issued by Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, prior to his becoming president as well as during his time as president and between h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_endorsements…

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Claim 2: “Venezuela ’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez told journalists Monday that her country had no plans to become the 51st U.S. state”

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Multiple high-authority sources (The Hindu, Global Times, EuroNews, Krdo) and Wikipedia confirm Delcy Rodríguez is the acting President of Venezuela following the capture of Maduro in 2026.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The U.S. on Wednesday (April 1, 2026) lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, according to an Office of Foreign Assets Control entry on the Treasury Department website.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-lifts-sanctio…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Hindustan Times reported that Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodríguez dialed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to discuss the deepening of bilateral cooperation, including in energy, …
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202602/1354617.shtml

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Venezuela Venezuela's acting president vows to release more political prisoners Delcy Rodríguez served as Maduro's vice president since 2018, running Venezuela's feared intelligence service and managi…
https://www.euronews.com/news/america/venezuela

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Claim 3: “Venezuela's acting president defends country's territory and rejects Trump's 51st state remarks”

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Multiple web search results confirm that acting President Delcy Rodríguez rejected Trump's remarks regarding Venezuela becoming the 51st state.

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web search NEUTRAL — Venezuela ’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez told journalists Monday that her country had no plans to become the 51st U.S. state after President Donald Trump said he was “seriously considering” the m…
https://www.aol.com/articles/venezuelas-acting-president-def…

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web search NEUTRAL — Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez is a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat, and politician who has served as the acting president of Venezuela since 2026, after the United States captured then-president Nicolás Ma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delcy_Rodríguez

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web search NEUTRAL — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez has forcefully rejected suggestions that the South American nation could become the 51st state of the United States, pushing back against comments attribut…
https://easternherald.com/2026/05/12/venezuela-rejects-trump…

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Claim 4: “U.S. intervention that removed President Nicolas Maduro from power”

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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that on January 3, 2026, the U.S. launched 'Operation Absolute Resolve,' a military strike that captured President Nicolás Maduro.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military strike in Venezuela and captured incumbent Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The US operation, codenamed Operatio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_interventio…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nicolás Maduro Moros (born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician and former union leader who has served as the 53rd president of Venezuela since 2013. On 3 January 2026, US forces captured Madu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolás_Maduro

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra (born 21 June 1990), also referred to as Nicolás Maduro Jr., Maduro Jr., or Nicolasito, is a Venezuelan politician and economist and the son of the President of Venezuela…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolás_Maduro_Guerra

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Claim 5: “Trump nominates Kari Lake and Doug Mastriano to diplomatic posts”

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Multiple cross-references from Flipboard report that Trump nominated Kari Lake and Doug Mastriano to diplomatic posts.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kari Lake Halperin (née Lake; KAIR-ee; born August 23, 1969) is an American political figure and former television news anchor serving as the senior advisor to the United States Agency for Global Med…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kari_Lake

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable American non-officeholders who endorsed Donald Trump for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2024_pres…

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Claim 6: “Trump has nominated Lake to be ambassador to Jamaica”

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The nomination of Kari Lake as ambassador to Jamaica is reported in cross-references from Flipboard.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States (2017–2021) ran a successful campaign for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. He formally announced his campaign on November 15, 2022, initially …
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Claim 7: “Trump 'seriously considering' plan to make Venezuela and its $40 trillion in oil permanent part of USA”

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Two independent cross-references from Flipboard report that President Trump is weighing/eyeing making Venezuela the 51st state, and web search results confirm Delcy Rodríguez responded to these specific remarks.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The possibility of a United States-led invasion of Venezuela has been frequently discussed during the presidencies of Donald Trump. In 2017, during his first presidency, Trump said that he was "not go…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_United_States_invasio…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The diplomatic relationship between the United States of America and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela were strained during parts of the 21st century. Relations were strong during the second half o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States–Venezuela_relati…

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