US EditionTrump says he is not ruling out war with Venezuela, NBC News reports
Trump ordered a blockade to seize sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers and said additional seizures are planned while not ruling out war with Venezuela.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump said he is leaving the possibility of a war with Venezuela on the table and confirmed additional seizures of sanctioned oil tankers after ordering a blockade on Tuesday.
- To increase pressure on Maduro, the U.S. administration enforced sanctions with a blockade, backed by a ramped-up military presence and more than two dozen strikes on vessels.
- Speaking directly about Maduro, Trump warned tankers sailing near Venezuela could be forced back into U.S. harbors if they acted 'foolishly' and said, `He knows better than anybody`.
- Concrete enforcement has already occurred with the U.S. seizing a sanctioned oil tanker last week, while Trump’s remarks on land strikes mark a shift from his 2024 campaign promise.
- The confrontation comes as Nicolás Maduro alleges U.S. action aims to overthrow him and seize Venezuela's oil resources amid the politically charged November's midterm elections next year.
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Trump Says He Isn’t Ruling Out War With Venezuela
President Donald Trump said on Dec. 18 that he isn’t ruling out the possibility of war with Venezuela amid U.S. economic and military pressure on the country. “I don’t rule it out, no,” Trump told NBC News when asked about the prospect of a war with the South American nation. When pressed on whether his government’s campaign targeting Venezuela will lead to war, he responded, “I don’t discuss it.” Earlier this week, Trump said he ordered the U.S…
U.S. President Donald Trump said he does not rule out the possibility of a war with Venezuela, after months destroying boats supposedly loaded with drugs near the South American country. "I do not rule it out, no," the president said in a telephone interview with the NBC News network held on Thursday and broadcast this Friday. Trump ordered Tuesday to block the entry and exit of Venezuela of all oil tankers sanctioned by the United States, a wee…
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President Donald Trump said he has not ruled out military action against Venezuela, even as polling shows most Americans oppose a war with the South American nation ruled by longtime strongman Nicolas Maduro. Trump made the remarks in a phone interview with NBC News on Thursday, declining to spell out specific objectives but signaling that Maduro is well aware of U.S. demands. “He knows exactly what I want,” Trump told NBC News. “He knows better…
Trump Tells NBC News He's Not Ruling Out War With Venezuela
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is leaving the possibility of war with Venezuela on the table. "I don't rule it out, no," he told NBC News' Kristen Welker in a phone interview. It comes after the president ordered a "blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers coming and going from Venezuela.
"He knows exactly what I want." After less than a year in the White House, the peace president has already bombed a long list of different countries.
Trump has increased the pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, and in recent days the US has also seized an oil tanker near Venezuela in addition to ordering a blockage of those subject to sanctions coming in and departing from the South American country. The Trump administration campaign has also led to 28 attacks against boats that the US claims are used to transport drugs, raids in which over 100 people were killed. And now the US president ha…
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