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It's Wednesday, December 17th, and this is Evening Wire.

President Trump has initiated a total blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers, declaring the Maduro regime a foreign terrorist organization.

In a statement on Truth Social, Trump wrote, quote, Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest armada ever assembled in the history of South America.

It will only get bigger and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before.

Until such a time as they return to the United States of America, all the oil, land and other assets that they previously stole from us.

The stolen quote assets likely refer to US oil interests in Venezuela that were seized by the government when their oil and gas industry was nationalized.