President Donald Trump has portrayed his takeover of Venezuela\u2019s oil sales as a victory for America, but when his administration wanted to sell several billion dollars\u2019 worth of the fuel quickly, the experts it turned to were a couple of foreign trading houses. <\/p>\n
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