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CousinIT

(12,291 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:52 AM Yesterday

Trump dumping money from sale of Venezuela assets into OFFSHORE ACCOUNT

Sounds pretty SHADY and grifty to me! Trump, Bessent, and Rubio are putting money from the sale of Venezuelan assets into an account in Qatar that they alone own and control - NOT into the US Treasury.

"Trump’s order noted that at least some of the revenue would be held in US Treasury accounts." OH? Where is the rest, and whose name is on those Qatar accounts?

Elizabeth Warren: “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military.”

https://www.semafor.com/article/01/14/2026/us-gets-first-500-million-venezuelan-oil-deal-holding-some-proceeds-in-qatar

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Trump dumping money from sale of Venezuela assets into OFFSHORE ACCOUNT (Original Post) CousinIT Yesterday OP
Krasnov has been doing this all along, gab13by13 Yesterday #1
Congress needs to do an audit. C_U_L8R Yesterday #2
This seems suspicious and typical for Trump Redleg 22 hrs ago #3
So? No one will stop him n/t leftstreet 22 hrs ago #4
Multiple accounts including Qatar JCMach1 22 hrs ago #5

gab13by13

(31,346 posts)
1. Krasnov has been doing this all along,
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:01 AM
Yesterday

remember when he said he wanted a sovereign wealth fund?

He is saying if the Supreme Court rules against his tariffs it will be devastating. It will be devastating because I'm guessing the tariff money is also in his sovereign wealth fund.

Redleg

(6,829 posts)
3. This seems suspicious and typical for Trump
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 02:30 PM
22 hrs ago

I am betting that Rep. James Comer will get right on this in his committee.

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