Pentagon Office Backs Trump Oil Deal with Venezuela, Expanding Defense-Energy Nexus

The Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital, originally created to fund defense industrial base projects, is now supporting President Trump's oil deal with Venezuela. This marks a notable expansion of the office's mandate into energy diplomacy, intertwining U.S. defense finance with foreign oil policy. The move signals a strategic shift in how the U.S. leverages defense resources for geopolitical ends, though details of the deal's structure and scope remain unclear.