Trump makes move against country in Truth Social meltdown
Story by Cameron Adams, Daily Beast, December 17, 2025
The Venezuelan government has blasted Donald Trump’s “grotesque threat” to stop all oil tankers from entering and leaving their country.
In a late night Truth Social rant, Trump, 79, seriously ramped up the tension between the U.S. and Venezuela by ordering a “total and complete blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers coming in and out of South American country.
In his lengthy post on Tuesday evening, Trump also claimed that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is using oil to finance “Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping” and designated his regime a “FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.”
The president’s furious post comes as the U.S. has increased its military presence in the Caribbean as it puts more pressure on the leftist president.
“I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela,” Trump posted.
Trump’s blockade will impact Venezuela’s sale of oil to overseas countries, primarily China, usually through sanctioned tankers.
China is the main buyer of Venezuelan oil, largely through indirect means to avoid sanctions.
Venezuela produced an estimated 860,000 barrels of oil per day in November, according to the International Energy Agency. That is only about a third the amount they produced a decade ago, and accounts for less than 1 percent of total world consumption.
Trump makes move against country in Truth Social meltdown
Ample oil supply shields China from impact of Venezuela disruption, for now | Reuters
He's throwing a fit that it's taking so long to overthrow Venezuela's government and install a puppet government. Venezuela has probably its reserves and gold to China's central bank because of the outright theft by the US and Guadio. Gold futures have set an all-time high as many countries try to shield their reserves from dollar debasement and outright theft under Trump. |
