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Trump 'seriously considering' plan to make Venezuela and its $40 trillion in oil permanent part of USA

President Donald Trump is eyeing oil-rich Venezuela as a potential 51st state as officials continue to court oil companies for investments in the South American country following the U.S. intervention that removed President Nicolas Maduro from power.Trump said in a phone call with Fox News that he is motivated by the estimated $40 trillion value of oil in Venezuela, adding that he is popular with the country's citizens."Venezuela loves Trump," Trump said.After U.S. military officials captured Maduro in January, whom the Justice Department indicted on narco-terrorism charges, Trump said the Uni...