U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presumption successful the Oval Office astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., U.S., Dec. 15, 2025.
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U.S. President Donald Trump connected Tuesday stateside ordered a "complete and total" blockade of sanctioned lipid tankers moving successful and retired of Venezuela arsenic tensions ramp up betwixt the Washington and the South American country.
In a station connected Truth Social, Trump said "Venezuela is wholly surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled successful the History of South America."
He added, "It volition lone get bigger, and the daze to them volition beryllium similar thing they person ever seen earlier — Until specified clip arsenic they instrumentality to the United States of America each of the Oil, Land, and different Assets that they antecedently stole from us."
"For the theft of our Assets, and galore different reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking, the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. Therefore, today, I americium ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and retired of, Venezuela," Trump said.
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