Key Highlights
- Trump signed an executive order blocking U. S. courts from seizing Venezuelan oil revenues.
- The order is titled 'Safeguarding Venezuelan Oil Revenue for the Good of the American and Venezuelan People.'.
- It states that the funds are sovereign property of Venezuela.
- The order claims court seizures would pose an 'unusual and extraordinary threat' to U. S. national security.
- The White House confirmed the order follows the ousting of Nicolas Maduro.
