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Trump announces 'COMPLETE BLOCKADE' of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers
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December 17, 2025
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2:45Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump announced Tuesday what he called a "blockade" of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers, ratcheting up American pressure on the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
"Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America," Trump wrote in a lengthy 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."
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