Trump orders blockade of oil tankers into Venezuela | AP News
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Via: vic-eldred • 11 months ago • 30 commentsBy: MICHELLE L. PRICE (AP News)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country's authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro.
The moves comes after U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast, an unusual move that followed a buildup of military forces in the region. In a post on social media Tuesday night announcing the blockade, Trump alleged Venezuela was using oil to fund drug trafficking and other crimes and vowed to escalate the military buildup.
"Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America," Trump said in a post on his social media platform. "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 buildup has been accompanied by a series of military strikes on boats in international waters in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. The campaign, which has drawn bipartisan scrutiny among U.S. lawmakers, has killed at least 95 people in 25 known strikes on vessels.
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More pressure on Maduro.
Let's see how tough he is.
What land has Venezuela stole from the US ?
What oil?
Quick summary table
The Maduro government trafficked drugs into the US.
The Maduro government poured illegal migrants into the US.
The oil tankers they use are flying under false flags.
You seem to want Maduro to continue to spite Trump.
I asked you a simple question - what land and what oil did Venezuela steal from the US ? Trump says we are going to blockade /and or/ attack Venezuela to get our stolen land and oil back. So what land and what oil?
Your question makes little sense. Venezuela didn't steal land, that is not why they are under the gun from the US. I don't care what Trump said, he is doing what Biden should have done. Of course, Biden wasn't in charge those past four years and thus the mess was left for Trump.
You never do. Trump SAID Venezuela stole land and oil from the US. So he is lying?
Maduro will be forced out, probably within the next few months. What happens then? It sounds like Trump might claim the land of that country for the US (aka himself) and the oil in the ground in that country.
He couldnt get Greenland or Panama so he is going in another direction.
He also said that Venezuela is trafficking drugs in the US.
He also said that Venezuela has sent oil to enemies of the US and many of those tankers are flying false lags.
So, here you are selectively going after something ridiculous that he said. We should all be united in getting rid of Maduro, especially now that US military prestige has been put on the line.
Did you even read your own seed?
Yes, we got that, but Trump also said:
“Every boat kills 25,000 on average − some people say more," Trump told U.S. military generals in September. "You see these boats, they’re stacked up with bags of white powder that’s mostly fentanyl and other drugs, too.”
Trump says Venezuela traffics lethal drugs into US. Experts disagree.
And how many times has Trump said that ????
Don't they broadcast news on MSNBC or CNN?
I dunno...do they?
So...you're finally admitting that trmp makes up shit and lies...a lot
He can go beyond that. Last week his staff prepared a campaign for him to explain his economic agenda before the midterm election. He was scheduled to begin it with a rally in PA. I was watching Laura Ingraham interview a Trump advisor moments before Trump came out onto the stage. The advisor told Laura about all the work that went into preparing the speech, which he described as one of the best written speeches he had seen.
So, what did Trump do?
He came out and told the crowd that he would disregard the teleprompter because the speech would likely put them to sleep. He then proceeded to wing it for the next two hours telling jokes and slamming opponents and the media. It was a waste of what should have been an important first step in preserving a Republican majority in congress, which he will absolutely need over the next 3 years.
I gave you a vote up because you presented facts in a logical manner. And I think maybe the veneer may be wearing thin?
I believe he won't stick to the teleprompter tonite either and will go off the rails about how Venezuela has stolen land and oil from us and are shipping fentanyl to us via sharks
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Does it bother you that Trump so willingly lies to the planet while representing our nation?
In addition to the boat nonsense, he recently claimed that 28,000 people die a year from snake bites in Peru when in reality 10 snake bite deaths occurred over the past 15 years.
This claim is irrelevant but it yet again shows that Trump does not care about the truth. That he thinks he can just make up whatever he wants and people will believe him.
And, sadly, that seems to work.
Don't support this psychopath ... criticize him. Defending arguably the worst PotUS in US history is not helping our nation.
More strangling of Cuba (That tanker may have been heading there).
False flag registrations are felonies. That ends it right there.
When did Venezuela come under the jurisdiction of US Law?
As soon as Americans began dying from overdoses of Venezuelan drugs.
Every American should be in favor of ending the drug flow.
then why aren't we going after Colombian and Mexican drug cartels? I believe they import more drugs than Venezuela? Because after all...there is no fentanyl in Venezuela!!!!
That is a reasonable question. The answer may lie with the fact that Venezuela is the country in which the cartel leader is also the leader of the nation.
Is there concrete proof that Maduro is a cartel leader?
Do you accept the Miami Herald as a source?
Maduro’s role in Venezuela’s drug cartel grew alongside his political power | Miami Herald
They do rely on the money from oil sales so this should put a lot more pressure on Maduro. I hope he just gives up and walks away as I would hate to have boots on the ground there.
His Generals could simply remove him and that would be enough.
They could, but that asks the question are his generals separate enough from him or are they simply yes men.
They are no different than an underboss in the Mafia. They will make a move when it is in their interests.