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Trump: US will keep or sell oil seized off Venezuela coast
2025-12-23 22:42:40 / BOTA
Donald Trump has said the US will keep or sell the crude oil contained in tankers seized off the coast of Venezuela, as well as the ships themselves.
The US president's comments came as Washington continues to pressure the South American country's leader, Nicolás Maduro, to resign.
Speaking to reporters in Florida on Monday, Trump said of the oil “we’re going to keep it,” adding: “Maybe we’ll sell it, maybe we’ll keep it. Maybe we’ll use it in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. We’re keeping the ships.”
The Trump administration has accused Venezuela of using oil revenues to fund drug-related crimes, while Caracas has condemned the seizures as "piracy."
The US military has seized three oil tankers this month, including one on Saturday.
Trump issued his latest warning as the US Coast Guard continued to pursue a fourth oil tanker, which authorities described as part of a Venezuelan "dark fleet" used to evade US sanctions.
"It's moving forward and we're going to get it done," Trump said.
Separately on Monday, the US military said it carried out an attack on what it called a suspected drug trafficking vessel in international waters in the eastern Pacific. US Southern Command said one person was killed.
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