"The seizure is only the latest move in a long build-up of U.S. military action in the Caribbean and increasing U.S. threats against Venezuela and its President Nicolas Maduro. Trump - without evidence - says Maduro is the head of an international terrorist group running drugs into the United States. He has called Maduro's days numbered. Over the last three months, the United States has hit at least 22 alleged "drug boats" in the Caribbean and Pacific, killing more than 80 people."
"The United States has now amassed the largest military buildup in the Caribbean in decades, including the world's largest warship, the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. Fifteen thousand U.S. troops are stationed in the region, on the ready. Responding to news of the tanker seizure, Democratic Senator Chris Coons told NewsNation that he is "gravely concerned that [Trump] is sleepwalking us into a war with Venezuela." Even Congress has been shocked by how the administration has conducted the boat strikes."
U.S. forces seized a tanker carrying more than 1.6 million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil. Donald Trump called the vessel 'very large' while escalating threats against Nicolás Maduro. The administration says Maduro heads a terrorist drug network without evidence. Over three months, U.S. strikes hit at least 22 alleged 'drug boats' in the Caribbean and Pacific, killing more than 80 people. The U.S. has assembled the largest Caribbean military buildup in decades, including USS Gerald R. Ford and 15,000 troops. Experts say the seizure may be illegal and expand sanctions enforcement. A bipartisan congressional inquiry into Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's role in ordering the strikes has begun as lawmakers warn of war.
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