Last Updated: Dec. 10, 2025 at 7:08 p.m. ET
First Published: Dec. 10, 2025 at 6:50 p.m. ET
The U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, in a move likely to ramp up tensions with the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
“We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized, actually,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday afternoon. “It was seized for a very good reason,” Trump added, though he provided no further details.
