美国与委内瑞拉的石油交易面临多重法律和物流问题，包括能否实施的疑问。唐纳德·特朗普长期觊觎他国油田，并宣称与委内瑞拉达成的协议是“世界历史上最大的石油交易”。但《卫报》调查发现，这项在美国扣押委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗后达成的协议，几乎注定会因一系列法律和物流问题而崩溃。
The US’s oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented Donald Trump has long coveted the oilfields of other nations and declared an agreement with Venezuela to be “the biggest oil deal in world history”. But the deal, reached after the US seized Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, is almost certainly doomed to collapse amid a wide array of legal and logistical issues, a Guardian investigation has found.
这位美国总统早在1987年就曾畅想从伊朗夺取石油，当时他对ABC的芭芭拉·沃尔特斯表示，伊朗在两伊战争期间对美国航运的袭击需要极端回应。“为什么我们不能进去接管他们沿海的一些石油？”他问道。随后几年，他屡次重申美国应在军事冲突后夺取他国石油的观点，从利比亚到伊拉克。
The US president first mused about taking oil from Iran in 1987, when he told ABC’s Barbara Walters that Iranian attacks on American shipping during the Iran-Iraq war required an extreme response. “Why couldn’t we go in and take over some of their oil, which is along the sea?” he asked. Over the ensuing years, he has returned frequently to the idea that America should seize oil from other countries after military conflict, from Libya to Iraq.