There will be no [[regime change]] without boots on the ground. The ''Chavistas'' remain in power. [https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2026/01/07/what-trump-wants-from-venezuela-and-greenland-00714180 "the U.S. intends to maintain control over Venezuela’s oil industry “indefinitely,”....Trump will meet with oil executives from Chevron, Exxon and others on Friday"]. | There will be no [[regime change]] without boots on the ground. The ''Chavistas'' remain in power. [https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2026/01/07/what-trump-wants-from-venezuela-and-greenland-00714180 "the U.S. intends to maintain control over Venezuela’s oil industry “indefinitely,”....Trump will meet with oil executives from Chevron, Exxon and others on Friday"]. |