First U.S. Sale of Venezuelan Oil Goes to Vitol: Its Trader Donated $6 Million to Trump’s Re-Election Campaign
January 17th, 2026Via: First Post:
The first US sale of the Venezuelan crude oil was to a company whose senior member had donated to US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. The sale was conducted last week to a company called Vitol, The Financial Times reported. Interestingly, John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol, donated $6 million to political action committees backing Trump’s re-election campaign.
He also attended the meeting Trump had with oil executives at the White House and was also involved in his company’s efforts to secure a $250 million deal for Venezuelan crude.
