First Venezuelan Oil Sale Under Trump Plan Went to Major Campaign Donor's Firm
- Posted on January 16, 2026
- By International Business Times
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First Venezuelan Oil Sale Under Trump Plan Went to Major Campaign Donor's Firm

The first U.S.-brokered sale of Venezuelan crude under President Donald Trump's new energy plan went to Vitol, a global oil trading firm whose senior U.S.-based trader has been a major donor to Trump's re-election campaign.