Trump declares 'Venezuelan regime' a foreign terrorist organization, orders oil tanker blockade

Key Highlights

• "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America," Trump said on Truth Social.
• "It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before – Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."The illegitimate Maduro Regime is using Oil from these stolen Oil Fields to finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping," he continued.
• "For the theft of our Assets, and many other reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking, the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
• US–VENEZUELA SHOWDOWN THREATENS TO JOLT GAS PRICES — WHAT COULD SPARK A SURGE White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was questioned about the U. S.
• seizing an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.