Trump blames 'Crazy Kamala' for bolstering Maduro with sanctions relief

The government of Nicolás Maduro has come under renewed scrutiny in recent days over its handling of the nation's elections this month.

By Ben Whedon

Published: July 31, 2024 2:23pm

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed Vice President Kamala Harris for brokering a deal to ease oil sanctions against Venezuela for the promise of democratic reforms.

The government of Nicolás Maduro has come under renewed scrutiny in recent days over its handling of the nation's elections this month. Both Maduro and the opposition have declared victory in the election, though the incumbent has retained power and election protests have persisted.

Trump, for his part, has suggested that the Maduro regime benefitted from the policies of the Biden administration and that the Venezuelan people had suffered as a result.

"Crazy Kamala Harris should never have taken the Trump Oil Sanctions off Maduro," Trump insisted in a Truth Social post. "She made one of the ALL TIME WORST DEALS!"

"Crazy Kamala helped lead the charge to release Maduro’s top Money Launderer and his two convicted Drug Dealer Nephews in return for an obviously fake promise of Free and Fair Elections for the People of Venezuela," he continued. "THEY WEREN’T FREE OR FAIR! Look at what’s happening now - Maduro sold his Oil, was reunited with his Money Launderer and Drug Dealing Nephews, and the Venezuelan People GOT NOTHING."

"Venezuela is destroyed, and its wonderful people are bankrupt and dying! Much of their blood is on the hands of dangerously liberal and failed American Politicians like Crazy Kamala Harris and Crooked Joe Biden," he concluded.

The Biden administration in October reached an agreement with Caracas to ease oil and gas sanctions in exchange for promises to hold free and fair elections. The deal expired in April of this year and the Biden administration announced at the time that it would resume sanctions.

“After a careful review of the current situation in Venezuela, the United States determined [Venezuelan President] Nicolas Maduro and his representatives have not fully met the commitments made under the electoral roadmap agreement,” the State Department said at the time.