Donald Trump and Marco Rubio planned to visit an oil tanker in Port Arthur
Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio plan to visit a newly arrived tanker carrying Venezuelan crude at Port Arthur, Texas, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, the Associated Press reported, citing two U.S. officials and a congressional aide. The crude is intended for processing at Texas refineries. The visit comes as Trump campaigns in Texas ahead of the midterm elections.
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Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio planned to visit a newly arrived oil tanker carrying Venezuelan crude at Port Arthur, Texas, on Tuesday, October 27. The Associated Press reported that the crude was destined for processing at Texas refineries, citing two U.S. officials and a congressional aide who spoke anonymously before the plans were publicly announced. The stop comes as Trump campaigns in Texas. He was scheduled to hold rallies in Corpus Christi and Lubbock for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who is in a tight race against Democratic state Rep. James Talarico. Politico reported that Rubio was traveling with Trump as national security adviser and was not expected to speak at either rally. The AP described a top diplomat’s participation in political travel as highly unusual.
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- CiberCuba — Trump and Rubio will visit a tanker carrying Venezuelan oil in Texas while Cuba suffers from a lack of fuel
- ABC News — Trump and Rubio plan to visit oil tanker carrying Venezuelan crude in Texas - ABC News
- News4JAX — Trump and Rubio plan to visit oil tanker carrying Venezuelan crude in Texas
- Politico — Rubio touring Texas with Trump as the president rallies supporters - POLITICO
- New York Post — Trump, Rubio expected to greet first shipment of 1 million barrels of Venezuelan oil arriving in Texas post-deal with US
- cubaheadlines.com — Trump and Rubio to Visit Venezuelan Oil Tanker in Texas Amid Cuba's Fuel Crisis
- businessupturn.com — Trump to visit Venezuelan oil tanker in Texas as Rubio expected to join Port Arthur stop · Business Upturn
- itemonline.com (with Associated Press) — Trump and Rubio plan to visit oil tanker carrying Venezuelan crude in Texas | Texas | itemonline.com
Verifier’s note
The Associated Press reports that Trump and Rubio planned to visit the Texas tanker carrying Venezuelan crude, and ABC News, ItemOnline, and News4JAX carry that AP report; CiberCuba, CubaHeadlines, and Business Upturn also describe the same planned visit while citing AP. Politico independently reports the plan, and the New York Post also reports that they were expected to greet the shipment; the results are current and do not contradict the central claim.