DOMINANT ANGLE
Caracas remembers from Trump's Irish stopover less the promise of reunification than his comments on the war in Venezuela and the barrels of oil extracted every day.
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
KEY POINTS
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Trump criticized European regulation on Saturday, calling it "excessive" and a hindrance to business, during a press conference in Dublin.
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According to El Nacional, Trump stated from Ireland that the United States is extracting "millions and millions of barrels of oil every day" and that profits have multiplied.
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More than 10,000 people demonstrated on Saturday in Dublin against Trump in defense of Irish military neutrality, according to a figure attributed to the EFE agency.
ANALYSIS
Caracas, Monday, September 14, 2026. The Venezuelan press is focusing on Donald Trump's Irish stopover, but less on his promise of a "fantastic" reunification of the island than on the economic and oil-related statements made on the sidelines of his visit. During a press conference held on Saturday in Dublin, the American president first lambasted European regulations, which he deemed excessive for business: "In Europe, the regulations are excessive. They can't breathe. [...] They make it impossible to do business," he said, as reported by international agencies and quoted by Últimas Noticias. He also targeted the continent's migration policy, stating that immigration "is killing itself," and pointed to Europe's energy dependence on oil imports passing through the Strait of Ormuz, which he presented as closed.
However, it is another statement made from Ireland that is drawing attention in Caracas: according to El Nacional, Trump claimed that the United States had "won the war" in Venezuela, emphasizing that Washington is extracting "millions and millions of barrels of oil every day" from the country, a figure he described as "incredible," assuring that profits have multiplied. This statement, made on the sidelines of an officially Ireland-focused trip, illustrates for the Venezuelan press how the American president mixes his economic interests with his diplomatic function, regardless of the visit's location.
The mobilization in Dublin is not absent from the narrative: more than 10,000 people demonstrated on Saturday against Trump, defending Ireland's traditional military neutrality, according to a figure attributed to the EFE agency. But the issue of Irish reunification itself, although at the heart of the controversy relayed elsewhere in Europe, does not appear in the articles available from Caracas, which prioritize the economic and oil-related perspective, in direct echo to the tensions maintained around the American military and energy presence in Venezuela, itself linked to the tensions between Washington and Iran mentioned by Trump during his Irish stay.
