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US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela bound for Cuba (www.politico.com)

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that U.S. forces had seized a “very large” oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a major move against the South American country.

“As you probably know, we have just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever seized actually,” Trump said at an event at the White House.

The White House did not provide additional details about the vessel. A person familiar with the matter, granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive seizure, said the ship was en route to Cuba. The oil, the person said, would be sold by state firm Cubametales to Asian energy brokers.

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[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

Fuck Trump

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Huh, why target their oil I thought it was about protecting us citizens from drugs? /s

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Maybe the real drug the US is addicted to was the oil all along.