Venezuelan oil was the enabler, not the prize (Landon Derentz – Atlantic Council)

Venezuelan oil supply is unlikely to meaningfully move global energy markets in the near term. Oil may help pay the costs of US intervention in Venezuela, but Trump is likely more motivated by securing the Western Hemisphere. The operation to remove Maduro signals Trump will take action when it advances US interests but does not burden the American public.

Venezuelan oil was the enabler, not the prize – Atlantic Council