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US President Trump: (Venezuela opposition leader) Machado will arrive in Washington on Tuesday or Wednesday. Machado may have ties to regime operations in Venezuela.

US President Trump: Looking forward to meeting with the President of Colombia in the near future.

US President Trump: If Iran starts "killing people," the United States will intervene. But that doesn't mean ground troops will be sent.

US President Trump: Iran is in big trouble, pay close attention to the situation in Iran.

US President Trump: Venezuela seems to be an ally.

U.S. President Trump: Doesn’t think it’s necessary to “capture” Russian President Vladimir Putin.

US President Trump: No one really knows how the situation in Cuba will develop.

US President Trump: Don’t look back at how much oil companies have lost in the past.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): During the week of January 6, the net short position in the Swiss franc was -40,266 contracts. The net short position in GBP is -30,538 contracts. Net long Japanese yen position stands at 8,815 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Speculators reduced their net short position in U.S. 10-year Treasury futures on the Chicago Board of Trade by 24,106 contracts to 915,552 contracts in the week of January 6. Speculators cut their net short position in U.S. 2-year Treasury futures on the Chicago Board of Trade by 52,953 contracts to 1,346,654 contracts in the week ended January 6.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ended January 6, the net long position of natural gas speculators on the four major New York Mercantile Exchange and Intercontinental Exchange decreased by 44,472 contracts to 79,516 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Equity fund managers on CME Group’s S&P 500 futures increased their net long positions by 20,846 contracts to 963,767 in the week ended January 6. Speculative short positions increased by 50,614 contracts to 415,017 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ended January 6, silver speculators increased their net long positions by 1,063 contracts to 17,658 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ended January 6, crude oil speculators reduced their net short position in WTI by 1,047 contracts to 11,983 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Copper speculators reduced their net long positions by 3,537 contracts to 66,896 contracts in the week ended January 6.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio talks about Venezuela: It is currently in a "stabilizing stage."

US Secretary of State Rubio: Venezuela’s second phase is recovery.

U.S. Vice President Vance defended the Venezuela action and denied similarities to the war in Iraq.

U.S. President Trump: U.S. oil companies will invest $100 billion in Venezuela "with their own money, not the government's money."

US President Trump: Big oil companies will invest $100 billion. Oil companies need government protection and security.