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Sep 28, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement in the Oval Office 1 time
…great job. Thank you very much. And how are you doing in Venezuela, by the way? There's never been anything like it. That's a tremendous…
Sep 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly 9 times
…United States military conducted a massive military operation, penetrating deep into the Venezuelan capital, Caracas; descended on a heavily defended and fortified military base—one…
…outlaw dictator—a real criminal—Nicolás Maduro. Since that day, hundreds of Venezuelan political prisoners have been freed—they've let them out of jails—and…
…the leaders of Venezuela to forge a much better future for the Venezuelan people. Last month, we signed the largest oil deal in history, covering…
Sep 12, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks to U.S. Embassy Personnel and Business Leaders 7 times
…and soon it will be combined times two, and that's not including Venezuela. As you know, we had a short military conflict, I call it…
…them, but that's a military conflict. It's a larger nation. But, with Venezuela, we took that over. We won the war. We're working very well…
…oil and other things. And we're getting along great with the people. Venezuela is so happy now. The big oil companies are moving in. They're…
Sep 10, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at RNC Midterm Convention, Trump speaks at RNC Midterm Convention (Night 2) 1 time
…with soldiers. Took 25 minutes, and we took over the oil of Venezuela—65 billion barrels of oil. Remember? And we talked about the pilot…
Sep 9, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at RNC Midterm Convention, Trump speaks at RNC Midterm Convention (Night 1) 6 times
…that. Now you—we're the biggest in the world. And that's without Venezuela, which we've just added to our little stockpile. It's the biggest oil…
…the say it is, lifetime? Five hundred years. And you know, in Venezuela, you know you find the oil? You know the way Exxon and…
…equipment. They go all over the world, they can't find it. In Venezuela, what you do is the following: You look on the ground—and…
Sep 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…it's small potatoes for us. It's not a big thing. We did Venezuela, and we did this. In Venezuela, we lost nobody. In this we…
…You don't mention that. What we've done is amazing. We took over Venezuela, and we have essentially taken over Iran. Now, we—there's been no…
Sep 2, 2026 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…military in my first term. We're using it now. We took over Venezuela, and we've paid for the war about 54 times already. Think of…
…both making massive amounts of money, and we're working very well with Venezuela. But that was an attack. We took Maduro, who was the worst…
…That's Tren de Aragua and all of these people poured in from Venezuela. But now Venezuela is doing better than it's done in many years…
Aug 31, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an Announcement on Healthcare Affordability 6 times
…what a great job we've done. We've done a great job with Venezuela. We've done a great job with Iran. Iran will never have a…
…the military and taking care of the military. And we went into Venezuela; we won. We went into Iran, and we're beating the hell out…
…going to be up to them. We have a great relationship with Venezuela. It's—you know, it's a team, in a sense. And we're taking…
Aug 28, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…the whole thing. A lot of the victories, when you look at Venezuela, when you look at what we've done with the drug people coming…
Aug 28, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at NASA 1 time
…as an example. Makes us a much better military. You look at Venezuela, what happened there, when one day—actually, to be exact, it was…
Aug 14, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in New York 3 times
…ships get through unless we want them to. But—and how about Venezuela? Venezuela was a 1-day war, and now we work great with…
…to be very important. And now we're using it. We won in Venezuela, which is now working with—nobody's ever seen any—we're taking millions…
Aug 7, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds roundtable on American Mining 2 times
…right now than Russia and Saudi Arabia combined, and that's not including Venezuela, where we're getting a lot of oil. And good relationship we have…
…too. But a lot of oil. But we do—without even including Venezuela, we're doing more oil than Russia and Saudi Arabia combined. Isn't that…
Aug 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Las Vegas 11 times
…what they do, where they have to get Tren de Aragua from Venezuela. But now I love Venezuela. You know, I love it. We're doing…
…them. Billions and billions of barrels of oil is coming out of Venezuela. It's one of the most fertile places for oil in the world…
…oil and gas than any country in the world. Now you add Venezuela to it. Add that, and we have 60 percent of the world's…
Aug 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Executive Order signing 1 time
…and we're proving that. As you know, we had a conflict with Venezuela. Worked out very well. And we have a conflict with Iran, and…
Jul 27, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at General Motors 5 times
…We have more gasoline. We have more oil. Now, when you add Venezuela to it, we really have more oil. One day. And Venezuela has…
…a lot of people were against that war. "We don't want the Venezuela—why are you doing? What are you doing?" After we won in…
…We had no choice. Again, we can't let what was happening in Venezuela go on, and I was very decisive. But we can't let what…
Jul 24, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement on American Nuclear Innovation 9 times
…New York Times. Yes, please. Right. I have good poll numbers in Venezuela. It's actually pretty amazing. Well, he's a great player, and he was…
…great compliment. And we appreciate it. As far as the elections in Venezuela. They're not really ready for them yet, but, boy, a lot of…
…you know. The amount of—the amount of oil coming out of Venezuela right now—even before the big companies—you know, Exxon, all the…
Jul 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes Announcement on the Ratepayer Protections 5 times
…it a little more than I thought. But that's alright. We had Venezuela, that Chris is doing a fantastic job, and we've paid for the…
…that many, many times over. And we have a great relationship with Venezuela, and the people are happy in Venezuela right now. They can't believe…
…more money—Chris was showing me some numbers. They're making more money, Venezuela, now than they've ever made before, and— we're making a lot too…
Jul 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks in Georgia 4 times
…disgusting thing took place. But we then, as you know, we won Venezuela, which is now working with us to produce millions and millions of…
…it there. But millions and millions of barrels of oil. And also, Venezuela is doing better than they've ever done before too. The big oil…
…what—it's got serious oil. In fact, if you combine us and Venezuela, we have about 62 percent of the world's oil market, so we…
Jul 21, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Bilateral Meeting with the President of the Republic of Lebanon 11 times
…know? They don't like talking about that. They don't like talking about Venezuela, where we lost no people. I'll be going to Dover for something…
…this. I think people are very impressed. I mean, we took over Venezuela. We now have a great relationship with Venezuela. We went to war…
…ended in 1 day. And we have, now, an incredible relationship with Venezuela. We're taking out millions of barrels of oil. They're making more money…
Jul 16, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers a Speech to the Nation 2 times
…term, and unfortunately, we're forced to use it now. We won in Venezuela, which is now working with us to produce millions and millions of…
…do a big number in favor of the corrupt Maduro regime in Venezuela—and that's exactly what happened—conspiring to digitally rig their own country's…
Jul 15, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump joins the Defense and Innovation Summit 4 times
…and I used it in my second term. And, as you know, Venezuela was—actually 48 minutes, but let's call it one day. And we've…
…than 50 times over already. And they've been great. The people from Venezuela, the leadership has been fantastic. And we're working with them, and the…
…become, like, movie stars. They are unbelievable. And you saw that in Venezuela. I saw—I met them backstage. And these are people that are…
Jul 13, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…more oil than any other country in the world. When you add Venezuela, which has been amazing—when you—which has tremendous amounts of oil…
Jul 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…happy with what's happening, and we're doing very well. As you know, Venezuela was amazing, and we're getting along great with Venezuela, where we paid…
Jul 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks on Trump Accounts? 1 time
…doing incredibly well. Strongest military in the world. Has been displayed with Venezuela, who we're getting along with fantastically now. We've taken hundreds of billions…
Jul 3, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…war, and left America's enemies in the depths of history. We beat Venezuela in 1 day, and we knocked the hell out of Iran. They're…
Jul 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Burning Hills Amphitheatre 2 times
…thing we ever built. That's a nice combination, a little bit like Venezuela. We did a good job in Venezuela. But—and we're actually doing…
Jun 26, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Conference 3 times
…to defend America's interests and American values. Look at what happened in Venezuela. We have a great—and by the way, we're helping Venezuela. They…
…Caracas. And we have a lot of people over there helping. But Venezuela has been fantastic. We've had a great relationship. It was a 1…
Jun 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Rose Garden Club Dinner 1 time
…anywhere in the world. We have the strongest military. We took over Venezuela in less than 1 day, and the oil is flowing, and we're…
Jun 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Mack Trucks 8 times
…we created the strongest military in history, and you see that with Venezuela. Venezuela, a 1-day operation, like—great. Good army. And now we're…
…of oil under that ground. You know how you find oil in Venezuela? Just look at the ground. You'll see oil bubbling up. They have…
…the Catholics. We have the Catholics and the Muslims—slightly different. But Venezuela has been great, and Iran has been great. I mean, you know…
Jun 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs Executive Orders 4 times
…Sean Cairncross and Secretary Wright, who's doing a fantastic job over in Venezuela and every place else he touches. Venezuela, by the way, has been…
…Houston, sending it to Louisiana, sending it to lots of places. And Venezuela is also doing well. Venezuela is doing better than it's done in…
Jun 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…we have a lot of victories. We had a great victory in Venezuela, where we're now doing really well with the Government. The big companies…
…it. And again, we have a fantastic relationship with the people of Venezuela. Venezuela has become a happy country, because they have never made the…
…or something. We took about a week. We're a little spoiled by Venezuela, but equal. I would say equal. And now we have an agreement…
Jun 11, 2026 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…done. And I just don't think I like it great. Look at Venezuela, how well that's worked out. We paid for that war many times…
…many, many times over. We have millions of barrels of oil from Venezuela going to Houston, and we're working great with the Venezuelan government. Couldn't…
…Venezuela has been amazing. This is a larger situation—actually, less oil. Venezuela has a lot of oil, but we—think of it: We spent…
Jun 10, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump signs The Secure America Act 4 times
…took a little journey down to Iran. We first stopped off at Venezuela, by the way. And we have paid for that war many, many…
…to be exact, 48 minutes of fury, and it was over. And Venezuela is doing great. Relationships with the people are great. It's become a…
…And we are—we're taking out millions of barrels of oil from Venezuela. And then we went to Iran, and, essentially, we've done the same…
Jun 5, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds Wisconsin roundtable 1 time
…and a couple of other places. Tremendous success that we had in Venezuela. As you know, we're doing amazing oil business there right now, and…
Jun 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes a coal announcement 17 times
…have the greatest military equipment anybody has ever seen before. Look at Venezuela. We went in there; it was over after about 48 minutes, and…
…I just do what's right. No, I—mean, look, it was like Venezuela was very unpopular, then we won, and my numbers went through the…
…went through the roof. It was very unpopular when I went to Venezuela. They said, "Oh, we don't want"—well, first of all, that one…
May 25, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…In two wars recently, we've lost a total of 13 servicemembers. In Venezuela, which was a complete and total victory, where we're working very closely…
May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a rally in NY 5 times
…And we're doing very well, by the way. Well, first of all, Venezuela was unbelievable. Right? Now, Iran. Their navy is gone. Their air force…
…That's why he's in"—by the way, how did we do in Venezuela? Not bad. That's why— . You know, we've taken out so much oil…
…this happened. This savage animal, who stole Sheridan's life, entered illegally from Venezuela and was released into our country by Crooked Joe Biden and that…
May 22, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say during the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kevin Warsh 1 time
…I will tell you. But we really do. What we've done in Venezuela, you see. What we've done to Iran—Iran is dying to make…
May 20, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers keynote address at Coast Guard Academy Commencement 4 times
…world. You saw that with China just recently. You saw that in Venezuela. You saw that right now in Iran; everything's gone. Their navy's gone…
…Maduro and brought him back to American justice. He's awaiting trial from Venezuela. An attack that took less than 1 day, and it was an…
…now awaiting trial. And now we have a great joint venture with Venezuela. We have millions of barrels of oil coming into Houston and coming…
May 19, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at the Congressional Picnic 1 time
…our military is the greatest in the world. You saw that with Venezuela. You see it now with Iran. We wiped out their navy. The…
May 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…pride. The others do too. Enemies have great pride. We went into Venezuela. Smart people. Great people. They have a really strong military. We won…
…quickly. And we have a fantastic—it's been a great thing for Venezuela. The people are really happy. They're dancing in the streets because they…
…ExxonMobil last night. The chairman was here, and we were talking about Venezuela, along with a lot of them. Chevron. They're all—they were all…
May 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Military Mother's Day Event 1 time
…It's a skirmish. And we're doing unbelievably well, as we did in Venezuela, where it was rapid—over in 1 day. And we're doing pretty…
May 4, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump holds a Small Business Summit 6 times
…have the greatest military in the world. You saw what happened with Venezuela. You see what happens with everything. But they said, "32 percent of…
…all day long, right? And speaking of that, we're doing well in Venezuela, right? It's working good? Secretary of Energy Christopher A. Wright. Yes, we…
…know what? They—I heard the other day that the people of Venezuela are really happy. They're seeing things happen that they haven't seen in…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump joins The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner 2 times
…You know, you look at—you look at what we did with Venezuela. That was an amazing military maneuver. And now we have a great…
May 1, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump say delivers remarks at The Villages 4 times
…They wouldn't clap. Or the helicopter pilots that did so well in Venezuela, a great, incredible military achievement. And he was shot in the legs…
…helicopters crashing back and forth? It was not good. But that was Venezuela. How good did that work out? Right? And we had—we introduced…
…much, but if you look at what we've done, I mean, what—Venezuela is considered one of the greatest military movements in history. There's never…
Apr 30, 2026 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…It's been an amazing—it's been an amazing period of time between Venezuela and—where we're doing great. We're getting along with them great. We're…
…attack. And that's a good—you know, they have good military in Venezuela, but this—— They did not expect that and that and that and…
…bargained for. This was no good." Anyway, so—and now—you know, Venezuela was amazing, but now we're doing essentially—it's larger, but we're doing…
Apr 29, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump meets with the Artemis II Astronauts 2 times
…world. Nobody even close. And—and you see that every-—whether it's Venezuela, which to-—and they have a good military in Venezuela, but it…
Apr 23, 2026 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…about a year from now, we'll be doing double the level. And Venezuela's been fantastic. We have a great relationship with that country and with…
…we're taking in millions of barrels of oil—millions and millions—from Venezuela. It's been a great experience, to be honest with you, and they're…
Apr 17, 2026 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump delivers remarks at Turning Point USA 6 times
…a helicopter with practically his legs shot off. And he landed in Venezuela, perfectly, with a lot of men on board, like 48. And if…
…Hundreds of millions of barrels of oil taken out. The relationship with Venezuela is great. We're working—it's like a great partnership. But if that…
…seen. In January, our warriors flew straight into the heart of the Venezuelan capital, captured the outlaw dictator Nicolás Maduro, and brought him to face…
Apr 6, 2026 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…most powerful military anyplace in the world. You saw what happened with Venezuela. And it's an honor. I built it in my first term, and…