Piracy in international waters by Americans.

United States seized an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast this week. The sheer scale of this operation was brought into sharp focus on Thursday with the dramatic seizure of the Skipper.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi released a 45-second video on X. The footage captures the high-stakes raid: two helicopters swoop down over the vessel in open water, deploying armed agents in camouflage who rappel onto the deck to seize control.

The operation, carried out by the FBI, Homeland Security and the Coast Guard with US military support is the first Venezuelan oil cargo seized since US sanctions were imposed in 2019.

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Reason10 · 70-79, M

WRONG.
There is nothing piracy related about this.
Trump and the Congress issued sanctions against Venezuelan oil in 2019. Pedophile Joe eased some of those sanctions if the country would have democratic elections. Maduro declared himself the winner and stayed in power, even though he wasn't legally elected.

President Trump today is just LEGALLY enforcing those sanctions.
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF10715

swirlie · 31-35

@Reason10
The US President cannot impose sanctions on other countries conducting trade with Venezuela, he can only impose sanctions on his own country since that's all the US President represents is his own country and no other.

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Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@Reason10 2019? And Obama also sanctioned Venezuela. Sixty days, then you must stop the sanctions and take the case before the UN. M