U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (December 10, 2025) said that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

It is the Trump administration's latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narco-terrorism in the United States.

"We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela — a large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized, actually," Mr. Trump told reporters at the White House.

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Mr. Trump said "other things are happening," but did not offer additional details, saying he would speak more about it later.

The seizure was carried led by the U.S. Coast Guard-led effort and supported by the Nav

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