{"id":307231,"date":"2026-01-06T18:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-donald-trumps-attack-on-venezuela-is-really-about\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:00:03","slug":"what-donald-trumps-attack-on-venezuela-is-really-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-donald-trumps-attack-on-venezuela-is-really-about\/","title":{"rendered":"What Donald Trump&#8217;s attack on Venezuela is &#8220;really about&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0gBBH8Kx2Dw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What Donald Trump's attack on Venezuela is &quot;really about&quot;\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0gBBH8Kx2Dw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Venezuela has the world\u2019s largest crude oil reserves and now Donald Trump\u2019s removal of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and Washington\u2019s effective control of the country has pushed Venezuela to the centre of global politics.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>To unpack what Trump\u2019s move really means, what is happening inside Venezuela\u2019s broken energy sector, and how this connects to a wider global race, Cathy Newman is joined by economics correspondent Helia Ebrahimi and Henry Sanderson, journalist and RUSI Associate Fellow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela has the world\u2019s largest crude oil reserves and now Donald Trump\u2019s removal of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and Washington\u2019s effective control of the country has pushed Venezuela to the centre of global politics. 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