Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Blockade & AmFest Kicks Off | 12.18.25
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What is President Trump's blockade on Venezuelan oil tankers about?
President Trump declares Venezuela completely surrounded, blockading their sanctioned oil tankers.
You remember, they took all of our energy rights. They took all of our oil, and we want it back. We break down the latest on the showdown between Trump and Maduro.
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President Trump has announced a total and complete blockade of sanctioned oil tankers coming in and out of Venezuela. It comes as the U.S. escalates a pressure campaign against the Maduro regime.
Here with more details is Daily Wire immigration reporter Jenny Taher. So, Jenny, another dramatic move from Trump this week with regards to Venezuela. What is he hoping to accomplish with this blockade?
These vessels are already sanctioned by the U.S. government for doing business with countries like Russia and Iran, our enemies. But they've been navigating through international waters and transporting oil largely to countries like China as well through what's called ghost ships. So they change the flags to show a different country of origin or they change the name of the ships throughout the journey to other countries. So this is part of a longstanding effort to crack down on these vessels that are exporting to our foreign adversaries.
What did Trump announce in his rare primetime address?
So technically, we've had sanctions on them for years now, but this is a step up in terms of enforcement, it sounds like. Now, how is this blockade expected to affect them economically?
The oil industry in Venezuela is really its main source of income. It's how the Maduro regime is able to really sustain itself without being able to export this to, let's say, its main source of income, which is Chinese buyers who consume roughly 80 percent of it. They're going to have a real problem economically. And again, the Trump administration really wants Maduro out and they don't necessarily want to go and do that militarily, although it hasn't been ruled out. But they're trying to build this pressure to say, OK, maybe we can just get him to leave the country. He's already been offered refuge in other countries like Belarus.
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