President Donald Trump on Dec. 22 said that the United States will keep or sell the oil from tankers it seized off the coast of Venezuela in recent weeks.
Asked what he planned to do with the oil, Trump told reporters: “We’re going to keep it. We’re keeping it.”
“Maybe we’ll sell it, maybe we’ll keep it, maybe we’ll use it in the strategic reserves,” he said during a press conference after announcing plans for a new fleet of large warships. “We’re keeping the ships also.”
The comments follow seizures of vessels and the oil they were carrying while sailing through waters off the coast of Venezuela. Trump has declared Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s regime a foreign terrorist organization….
Trump Says US Will Keep Oil, Tankers Seized off Coast of Venezuela
