US President Donald Trump has ordered a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going in and out of Venezuela.
In a post made on Tuesday on X, he said Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro’s government had been designated a foreign terrorist organisation and accused it of stealing US assets, as well as terrorism, drug smuggling, and human trafficking
In his post, Trump said Venezuela was completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America
He added that it would only get bigger and be like nothing they had ever seen before
In a statement, Venezuela’s government said it rejected Trump’s grotesque threat
Trump’s remarks came a week after the US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela which Congressman Joaquin Castro, a Democrat representing Texas, described as unquestionably an act of war.
The Congressman further stated that US lawmakers would on Thursday vote on a resolution directing the president to end hostilities with Venezuela.
Edited by Favour Owonibi.