'An act of war': Trump escalates conflict with Venezuela with new blockade
MSNBC·2025-12-17 06:04
Tonight, President Trump announced on social media that Venezuela is completely surrounded by what he called the largest Armada ever assembled in the history of South America. He said that Armada was enforcing a quote total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela. Now, that announcement comes just a week after the Trump administration seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.And all of that has been done without any congressional approval. And this comes ju ...