Trump expressed his intention to continue seizing Venezuelan tankers

The United States plans to continue seizing Venezuelan tankers. This was announced on December 19 by the American President Donald Trump.

"If they are stupid enough to keep sending [tankers], then they will head to one of our ports," he said in an interview with NBC News.

It is noted that Trump also confirmed the possibility of a military conflict and additional seizure of oil tankers.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on December 18 that Moscow was calling for restraint around the worsening situation in Venezuela in order to avoid an unpredictable development of the situation. He also noted the constant contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro.

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