Dozens of U.S. troops seized a tanker ship allegedly transiting oil to Iran from Venezuela, President Trump announced Wednesday. “We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, largest one ever, actually, and other things are happening,” the president said. Asked what will happen next, he replied, “We keep it, I guess.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi later shared a video of the seizure on social media. “For multiple years, the oil tanker has been sanctioned by the United States due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations,” Bondi said.

Venezuelan officials called it “an act of international piracy” and “blatant theft,” while Iranian officials called it a “grave violation of international l

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