Trump on Venezuela’s oil reserves:

These are tremendous reserves, among the largest in the world. Some people say they are the largest in the world.

And we’re going to be working with Venezuela. We’ll be making the decision about which oil companies we will allow to go in.

Trump to oil and gas executives:

You are dealing with us directly, you are not dealing with Venezuela.

We don't want you to deal with Venezuela.

Trump:

Maduro killed many people, millions of people actually.

Trump on Venezuelan oil:

One of the things the United States will gain from this is even lower energy prices.

We now have people getting gasoline for $1.99, $1.96, $1.95 — $1.92 yesterday…

Trump on Venezuelan oil:

They stole our assets, like we were babies. And the United States said absolutely nothing about it.

So now, we’re doing everything about it.

They stole from us, and it was done by socialists and communists at the time, in Venezuela.

Trump on Venezuelan oil:

Our giant oil companies will be spending at least $100 billion of their own money, not the government’s money.

They don’t need government money, but they do need government protection and government security.

Trump on Venezuelan oil:

Venezuela has also agreed that the United States will immediately begin refining and selling up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil, and this will continue indefinitely. We’re all set to do it.

Venezuelan crude is a heavy oil — very good oil, great oil. It’s fantastic for certain uses, like asphalt roads.

Trump to U.S. oil executives:

If you don’t want to go in, just let me know — because there are 25 people not here today who are willing to take your place.

Trump:

We have Chevron here — where’s Chevron? Where are you?

You were the only one who stayed there through it all. For all that time, I used to call you and say, “What the hell is going on with Venezuela?”

You stuck it out. I don’t know if you made money or not, but you stuck it out.

JD Vance:

They (former U.S. administrations) would lose hundreds or thousands of American lives, and the American people would get nothing out of these misadventures.

And now you have an American President who has empowered the American military to stop the flow of drugs into our country and to ensure that we — rather than our adversaries — control one of the great energy reserves anywhere in the world.

And he did it without losing a single American life in the process.

It’s going to make our country richer. It’s going to make our country more powerful.

Rubio:

Everything Venezuela purchase with the money they earn from oil will be bought from America.

That includes everything from equipment for the oil industry to food, to medicine, and everything in between.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright:

We have less oil underground than Venezuela, but we have 20 times the production.

Trump:

If we did not do this, China or Russia would have done it.

Trump to Chevron:

I remember. Six months ago, I told you to stay, just stay. Things are going to happen. You’ll be very happy. I didn’t know they were going to happen this fast or this conclusively.

Trump on Venezuelan oil:

We are open for business. China can buy all the oil they want from us — either there or in the United States.

Russia can get all the oil they need from us as well.

China, Russia, and everybody else are welcome to come and do business. We’ll be open.

Trump on Delcy Rodríguez:

People in Venezuela did the right thing. They were smart.

They did not want to go through a second wave.

Rubio gives a note to Trump:

"Go back to Chevron. They want to discuss something."

Trump:

Cuba is third world all the way.

Rubio:

Cuba made a choice, they would rather have political control over the people rather than have an economy that functions.

They have gotten away with it for 60-something years because they had donors, the USSR and Venezuela.

Those are now gone.

Rubio:

So the people in control of Cuba have a choice to make. They can either build a real country with a real economy where their people can prosper, or they can continue down the path of a failing dictatorship.

That path will lead to systemic and societal collapse.

Reporter: Would you ever order a mission to capture Vladimir Putin?

Trump: Well, I don’t think that’s going to be necessary.