Donald Trump ‘will declare battle on Venezuela tonight’, Maga mouthpiece says
US president Donald Trump will tonight finally make the big announcement he has teased for days, and right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson says he’s been told ‘war is coming’
Donald Trump will finally make his mystery announcement tonight – and could declare war on Venezuela, according to MAGA mouthpiece Tucker Carlson. The podcaster and former Fox News host said a member of Congress had told him “war is coming”.
US President Trump has been teasing his big announcement for days, vowing “best is yet to come” when he addresses the nation from the White House at 9pm EST (2am Thursday UK time).
Speculation he could initiate war against Venezuela comes after he yesterday announced a complete blockade preventing sanctioned oil tankers from entering or leaving the South American country.
During an interview with former Judge Andrew Napolitano, right-wing commentator Carlson was asked “Is Trump going to start a war in Venezuela?”
Carlson responded: “I don’t know. I don’t know the answer. I’ve certainly been on the phone a lot about it. I have no power. I’m a podcaster, but I’m very interested. And so here’s what I know so far, which is that members of Congress were briefed yesterday, that a war is coming, and it’ll be announced in the address to the nation tonight at 9 o’clock by the president.”
He added: “Who knows, by the way, if that will actually happen. I don’t know. And I never want to overstate what I know, which is pretty limited in general. But a member of Congress told me that this morning.”
On Tuesday, Trump took to his Truth Social platform to declare the implementation of a complete blockade preventing sanctioned oil tankers from entering or leaving Venezuela. Trump accused President Nicolás Maduro’s regime of stealing US assets and designated it “a foreign terrorist organisation”.
He wrote: “Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before.
“Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us. The illegitimate Maduro Regime is using Oil from these stolen Oil Fields to finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping.
“For the theft of our Assets, and many other reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking, the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
“Therefore, today, I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela. The Illegal Aliens and Criminals that the Maduro Regime has sent into the United States during the weak and inept Biden Administration, are being returned to Venezuela at a rapid pace.”
Speaking to journalists earlier on Wednesday, Trump said: “They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out, and we want it back.”
Venezuela has condemned the blockade as illegal and in violation of international law, free trade, and freedom of navigation, reports rt.com. The Venezuelan government rejected Trump’s claims outright, insisting that its oil and mineral resources are sovereign property.
“Venezuela will never again be a colony of an empire or any foreign power,” Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said.
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