US EditionTrump says he is not ruling out war with Venezuela, NBC News reports
Trump ordered a blockade on sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers and left the possibility of war open to increase pressure on President Nicolás Maduro, with over two dozen military strikes killing at least 90 people.
- 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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In our Donald-in-Wonderland world, the US is at war with Venezuela while still grasping for a public rationale. The horrific human toll is real – over a 100,000 fatalities from illegal sanctions and over a hundred from more recent “kinetic strikes.” Yet the officially stated justification for the US empire’s escalating offensive remains elusive. The empire once spun its domination as “democracy promotion.” Accordingly, State Department stenograp…
Trump revives tensions with Venezuela by not excluding the use of military force, while tightening US sanctions and the oil blockade against the Maduro regime
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Trump doesn't rule out war with Venezuela
US President Donald Trump left open the possibility of war with Venezuela, as his top diplomat Marco Rubio vowed Friday to enforce a blockade on the country's oil wealth.
Trump has repeatedly accused Maduro of leading a narco-terrorist cartel.
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