The USA has in fact paid over to Venezuela, surprisingly quickly, all the revenue from Venezuelan oil sales, less a small fee and at a discount of 3 to 5%.
USA retained revenue including discount is about 200 million dollars.
Well less than 1% of the cost of Iran war.
https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/2058060607249580425
Trump on the spoils of war: "We've taken out so much oil in Venezuela, we've paid for the cost of the war about 25 times over"
- At least he is more honest than European leaders, who still refer to "democracy" to legitimise the attack.