Trump administration rakes in $500 million in first Venezuelan oil sale 

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The Trump administration has completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil, valued at $500 million, an administration official confirmed to the Washington Examiner. 

The sale comes less than two weeks after President Donald Trump and his Cabinet announced that they would be selling Venezuelan oil into the global marketplace “indefinitely,” as the administration seeks to expand U.S. drilling operations in the country. 

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