Ep. 2332 - US SEIZES Venezuelan Tanker!
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What happened with the Venezuelan oil tanker seized by the US?
The United States seizes a Venezuelan oil tanker. Is war near or is something else happening? Plus, what is our strategy on Russia, on China? First, our brand new Daily Wire talent, Matt Fradd, just released a special Christmas episode of Pints with Aquinas. It's streaming now on Daily Wire+.
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and Iran in defiance of sanctions. This is according to the Washington Post. Here was the president yesterday.
As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized actually. And other things are happening. So you'll be seeing that later and you'll be talking about that later with some other people.
The president did not, in fact, make clear what all those other things might be. Although, of course, he has said before that there may be some operations that are authorized, not just in the water, but also on the land. And there's been talk about a no-fly zone established above Venezuela. All of this is external pressure, presumably to force the possibility of a regime change in Venezuela without serious threat to American troops going in en masse. on the ground. That oil tanker, according to the Washington Post, had been sanctioned by the United States, according to Attorney General Bondi, due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations. And then she also shared a video that shows U.S.
forces jumping out of helicopters and searching the large vessel on foot. Here's what that looks like. So here you can see this gigantic oil tanker, huge oil tanker, and an American helicopter, and you can see soldiers rappelling down onto this oil tanker, presumably to go look for the oil, to confiscate it, to stop the ship from moving toward its target. Again, the United States military is unparalleled at what it does.
What are the implications of the US seizing the Venezuelan tanker?
You can see these soldiers with their guns drawn moving toward the control booth. That's an impressive thing. Again, when the United States military comes, it doesn't play around. President Trump described the vessel as both very large and the largest one ever seized, actually. He also said when asked what would happen to the oil, well, maybe we'll keep it.
What happens to the oil on that ship? Well, we keep it, I guess.
Where does it go? What does it go to?
Well, you have to follow the tanker. You know, you're a good newsman. Just follow the tanker.
Follow it.
Get a helicopter. Follow the tanker. I assume we're going to keep the oil.
Well, the president of the United States has always made no bones about the fact that he believes that if the United States is engaged in armed conflict somewhere, that we should keep the spoils that we reap. You remember he said that about the Iraq war. He suggested, hey, if you're going to actually do that war, then you may as well take the oil. as some form of compensation. When it comes to the Venezuelan government shipping oil over to Iran in violation of sanctions or allowing the Iranians to combine their oil with Venezuelan oil and ship that elsewhere and ship the money back to Iran, obviously keeping the spoils would be worthwhile. One person familiar with the seizure in the administration told the Washington Post, quote, depending on what legal justification they use to seize the vessel, it could create a lot of problems for the regime.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What happened with the Venezuelan oil tanker seized by the US?
0:00–0:15
2
Is there a strategy regarding Russia and China discussed in this episode?
0:15–2:29
3
What are the implications of the US seizing the Venezuelan tanker?
2:29–8:11
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How does the seizure of the tanker affect Venezuela's economy?
8:11–13:27
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What does President Trump say about the seized oil?
13:27–51:28
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