I get your point, but Trump really cannot go to war.....yet. The only way would be a complete and transparent move to full authoritarianism, which they're not quote ready for yet.
Once it becomes clear the midterm elections will not be happening, or it's clear they will be completely illegitimate, then we will see the raw, unfiltered actions of the MAGA regime.
So, you're not wrong. But right now, MAGA's hands are tied and Maduro knows it.
You're talking about WW3 implications that "everyone is already thinking about" (no, everyone isn't) and conjuring a conspiracy about oil reserves with no real reason..... that's at least a bit hysterical.
Re: WW3, China and Russia have already signaled they won't step in. Most likely due to an unspoken (in Russia's case, probably explicitly spoken) agreement that Taiwan and Ukraine will be left without any American support.
The price of oil is low, oil trade is uninterrupted, there's no reason to fake having a bunch of reserves.
Things are shite, but not in the way you seem to think.
Nothing to do with oil reserves. Everything to do with being desperate for Maduro to give up and leave power so a Trump puppet can replace him.
Maduro knows Trump cannot go to war in Venezuela. He is daring him to invade Venezuela to remove him from power. MAGA is simply turning the screws trying to get him out without war.
Of all the things to freak out over, a photo of Trump on a desk is not one of them. No one, but even Trump denies that they were good friends at one point.
There's either something more incriminating in here that they are afraid will get found out, or they are just that panicky that they needed to pull it just in case.
That's an Onion headline forb today if I ever saw one