Washington — The U.S. has seized a big oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Trump mentioned Wednesday, escalating tensions between the 2 international locations.
Reuters first reported the oil tanker seizure. The president made the remark throughout a roundtable assembly on the White Home.
“As you most likely know, we have simply seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a big tanker, very giant. Largest one ever seized, truly. And different issues are occurring, so you will be seeing that later and you will be speaking about that later with another folks.”
The president did not instantly present extra particulars concerning the seizure past these remarks on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Trump has been threatening to develop america’ monthslong marketing campaign of strikes on alleged drug boats within the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans onto land in Venezuela. The U.S. has been steadily increase its navy forces within the space, and deployed two fighter jets to fly over the Gulf of Venezuela simply this week.
“We will begin doing these strikes on land, too,” Mr. Trump instructed reporters throughout a Cupboard assembly final week, when requested concerning the administration’s strikes at sea. “You recognize, the land is far simpler … And we all know the routes they take. We all know all the things about them. We all know the place they stay. We all know the place the unhealthy ones stay. And we’ll begin that very quickly, too.”
