WATCH: Trump calls operation to oust Maduro and gain oil access 'the biggest deal'

By PBS NewsHour

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President Donald Trump touted the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and the recent signing of a deal giving the U.S. control over 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves during his Tuesday speech at the United Nations’ General Assembly. Trump said the deal “will benefit both Venezuela and the United States enormously and help drive down the cost of energy all over the world, and that is starting.” Oil prices have skyrocketed as a result of the U.S. war in Iran and Russia’s war on Ukraine. "The biggest oil companies in the world are going in, and the numbers are absolutely incredible. When you add the United States and Venezuela together, we have more than 60% of the oil in the world," Trump said. "It was a war, but it's perhaps the biggest deal ever made," he added. "To the victor belong the spoils, you've all heard that." Oil experts say that domestic gas prices aren’t expected to drop anytime soon as a result of the deal because Venezuela’s crumbling oil in