Sam Faddis

at sea from one tanker to another.

And to one extent or the other, people's hands are hidden here.

So yeah, absolutely could be a Russian vessel that they have been hiding behind another flag.

I think it was flagged in Guyana before it decided in the middle of the Atlantic that all of a sudden it was a Russian ship.

And what we're saying is, effectively, we're not gonna let you play this game anymore.

We're not gonna be bogged down in this.

We know what's going on and we're grabbing these vessels because they're violating sanctions.

Is it a provocation to the Russians, without question?

Are they going to go to war with us over seizing one tanker in the middle of the Atlantic?

I don't think so.

But as you well know, Steve, in all of these actions, the next question is, okay, what will they do?

How will they react?

Presumably they will

They will push back somewhere.

But at the at the heart of this, you know, is Trump saying to the Russians, to the Chinese, to the Venezuelans, we're going to cut off.

We're going to we've changed the rules of the game.

We're not just going to chase you around and try to pursue this through legal proceedings.

We're actually going to take these pieces off the board.

Without question, and he's saying, and that's not just verbiage, I'm prepared to put my money where my mouth is.

And so we are enforcing, to one extent or the other, a blockade, at least over certain cargo, in regard to Venezuela now.