President Trump said on Monday that he’s “seriously considering” making Venezuela the 51st U.S. state.
“President Trump tells @FoxNews colleague @johnrobertsFox in a phone call just now that he is ‘seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st US state’, adding that there is $40 trillion in oil there and ‘Venezuela loves Trump,’” Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin said.
NEW: President Trump tells @FoxNews colleague @johnrobertsFox in a phone call just now that he is “seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st US state”, adding that there is $40 trillion in oil there and “Venezuela loves Trump”.
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— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 11, 2026
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