US EditionTrump says US will keep oil and ships seized near Venezuela
The U.S. Coast Guard has seized multiple sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers to cut off revenues for Nicolás Maduro’s regime amid claims linking the actions to drug interdiction efforts.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump said the US is in active pursuit of an oil tanker and will retain oil and ships seized, including the Panama-flagged Centuries and the sanctioned Bella 1.
- The announcement came alongside a large U.S. military presence as last week Trump called Venezuela a Foreign Terrorist Organization and ordered a blockade amid 15,000 U.S. troops and 11 warships nearby.
- U.S. officials note the U.S. has sanctioned hundreds of tankers in a `shadow fleet`, and U.S. Coast Guard interdictions are court-authorized enforcement; Clayton Seigle said, `If you cut off all oil exports... the regime in Caracas would face extreme pressure`.
- Legal experts warn that the blockade on sanctioned tankers violates international law, noting a naval blockade is an act of war and the Foreign Terrorist Organization designation does not authorize force.
- An April 7 intelligence memo from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence found Maduro likely does not cooperate with cartels, while the U.S. administration frames pressure around fentanyl but aims for regime change and access to Venezuela's oil.
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Donald Trump said it would be a smart move for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to step down, adding that the United States could keep or even sell the oil shipments it has seized off the coast of Venezuela in recent weeks. Asked whether the goal was to remove Maduro from power, Trump told reporters: “Well, I think it probably is… It depends on what he wants to do. I think it would be a smart move for him to do that. But we’ll see.” In early …
Donald Trump's chilling THREAT to Venezuela after seizing its oil tankers - The Mirror
Surrounded by his top national security aides, Donald Trump took aim at Venezuela again amid the bitter row over its oil tankers, at least two of which the US has seized off the Venezuela coast
President Donald Trump said on Monday that oil tankers seized by the United States off the coast of Venezuela will remain US property.
First, the US military presence was about the fight against drug trafficking, now also about oil on tankers off the coast of Venezuela. The US President says what he intends to do with it.
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