Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation A satellite image shows the oil tanker Skipper on 18 November 2025. Photograph: Planet Labs PBC View image in fullscreen A satellite image shows the oil tanker Skipper on 18 November 2025. Photograph: Planet Labs PBC US lawmakers condemn seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker: ‘Trump is sleepwalking us into a war’Unease grows in Washington, including among some Republicans, over Trump administration’s escalating military posture in the Caribbean Senior Democratic lawmakers and at least one Republican have condemned Wednesday’s seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker off the nation’s coast, with one saying Donald Trump is “sleepwalking us into a war with Venezuela”.There is growing, at least somewhat bipartisan unease in Washington over the administration’s escalating military posture in the region. Trump has accused Venezuela of facilitating drug trafficking, and increased the US military presence in the Caribbean to a level not seen in decades. The administration has also conducted a campaign of bombings of alleged drug boats, killing more than 80 people so far.Trump confirmed the tanker seizure shortly after it occurred, telling reporters: “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela – large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized, actually.” When asked what would happen to the oil, Trump responded: “We…
Published: December 11, 2025 4:20 pm
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