Trump Says US Will Keep Seized Venezuelan Oil and Tankers

by Dave DeCamp

President Trump said on Monday that the US will “keep” the Venezuelan oil and two tankers that it seized off the coast of Venezuela as his administration is escalating a blockade on the country.

“We’re going to keep it. Maybe we’ll sell it. Maybe we’ll keep it. Maybe we’ll use it in the strategic reserves,” Trump told reporters on Monday after announcing new “Trump class” US Navy battleships. “We’re keeping the ships, also.”

So far, the US has seized two ships near Venezuela, and its forces attempted to capture a third, but it fled northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, which Trump said the US is still pursuing. One of the seized tankers was under US sanctions, but that doesn’t give the US the legal right to board and capture a vessel on the high seas…

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