And he said he believes the U.S. oil industry could get expanded operations in Venezuela "up and running" in fewer than 18 months.
*"I think we can do it in less time than that, but it’ll be a lot of money."*
"A tremendous amount of money will have to be spent, and the oil companies will spend it, and then they’ll get reimbursed by us, or through revenue," he said.
Trump declined to say how much money he believes it would cost companies to repair and upgrade Venezuela's aging oil infrastructure.
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