US EditionTrump says he is not ruling out war with Venezuela, NBC News reports
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump said he is leaving the possibility of a war with Venezuela on the table and confirmed additional seizures of sanctioned oil tankers after ordering a blockade on Tuesday.
- To increase pressure on Maduro, the U.S. administration enforced sanctions with a blockade, backed by a ramped-up military presence and more than two dozen strikes on vessels.
- Speaking directly about Maduro, Trump warned tankers sailing near Venezuela could be forced back into U.S. harbors if they acted 'foolishly' and said, `He knows better than anybody`.
- Concrete enforcement has already occurred with the U.S. seizing a sanctioned oil tanker last week, while Trump’s remarks on land strikes mark a shift from his 2024 campaign promise.
- The confrontation comes as Nicolás Maduro alleges U.S. action aims to overthrow him and seize Venezuela's oil resources amid the politically charged November's midterm elections next year.
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Donald Trump Leaves Open the Option of a War with Venezuela: “I Do Not Exclude This Possibility, No”
US President Donald Trump supported, in an interview agreed upon by NBC News and released yesterday, that it did not exclude the possibility of a war with Venezuela, reports Reuters and Xinhua.
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PerthNowTrump says war with Venezuela remains possible: NBC
US President Donald Trump said he was leaving the possibility of war with Venezuela on the table, according to an interview with NBC News published on Friday. “I don’t rule it out, no,” he told NBC News in a phone interview. Trump also said there would be additional seizures of oil tankers near Venezuelan waters, according to the published interview. On Tuesday, Trump ordered a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving…
U.S. President Donald Trump has declared to the U.S. chain, 'NBC', that he "does not rule out" the possibility of a war with Venezuela. Trump, when asked about a military intervention in Venezuela, has responded "no, I don't rule it out." On Tuesday, the U.S. president had ordered a "blocking" of the sanctioned oil tankers who enter and leave Venezuela, increasing pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. recently seized an oil t…
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