Kerry Kahn

But then when that White House spokeswoman also posted, Anna Kelly, in her social media post, she gave another argument that we've been hearing a lot from President Trump that the oil in these tankers is stolen from the U.S.

And if you remember last week when President Trump announced that he was going to

put this total and complete blockade against Venezuelan oil and the sanctioned tankers.

He said more military pressure would come, and I'm going to quote, until they return to the United States of America all of the oil, land, and other assets that Venezuela stole from us.

It's not entirely clear what President Trump is referring to.

Venezuela did nationalize U.S.

oil assets in the 1970s and some more in the 2000s.

Venezuela, of course, denies they've stolen anything and says Trump's true intentions are out in the open now.

He just wants Venezuela's natural resources and its vast oil reserves among the largest in the world.

How's Venezuela responding?

Publicly, Steve, the government put out a statement condemning Saturday's seizure.

Maduro put out a video accusing the U.S.

of piracy and theft.

He's called for the U.N.

to intervene.

Remember, the U.S.

is also striking small boats in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific that it claims are transporting drugs, killing at least 104 people in at least 28 strikes so far.

Maduro mentions all of this in rallies that he's holding a lot these days.

And he's also giving long speeches on state TV where he insists he just wants peace, not war.

He really likes saying that in English.