Quill Lawrence

Coast Guard has begun seizing massive tankers carrying Venezuelan crude oil.

Trump said the U.S.

may keep or sell the oil.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

Trump didn't answer when the journalist asked what his endgame was, what happens if Maduro does fall.

And I have to say it was reminiscent of moments 20-some years ago when people were asking what the endgame plan was for Iraq post-invasion.

Trump also defended the lethal attacks on these small boats the U.S.

says are carrying drugs.

We're now at over two dozen of those strikes.

They've killed over 100 people.

There was another one announced just last night, killed one more person.

And now we're talking about bigger boats, not the battleships, but massive oil tankers.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted video on social media of a Coast Guard helicopter landing on the tanker Centuries, which she said was moving sanctioned oil.

The ship does not appear on the Treasury Department's public list of sanctioned oil tankers, but the White House says it was carrying Venezuelan oil and falsely flagged as Panamanian.

President Trump declared a blockade on Venezuela's sanctioned oil, which he claimed without explanation was stolen from the U.S.

A blockade is considered an act of war under international maritime law.

The U.S.

Navy currently has a fleet off the coast of Venezuela, and President Trump has suggested attacks inside Venezuelan territory may be imminent.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

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