U.S. Seizes Tanker off Coast of Venezuela

Here we go:

Multiple explosions and the sounds of low-flying aircraft have been reported in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas in the early hours of Saturday, January 3, 2026. The southern area of the city, which is near a major military base, is reportedly without electricity.

 

Seems you touched a nerve

 

Videos of the explosions

 

The plan...

 

I heard if we treated the problem at the source we could stop the cocaine from being imported.

Of course Don Jr. would have to go to rehab, but that alone would stop a few dozen kilos a year.

 

The Navy is ready for your "plan"!

 

Why don't you bring some kind of proof or STFU about Don Jr & drugs? You are just making up shit. Either that or you are confused with the last Presidents son, you know the one who used crack while banging his dead brothers ex wife.

 

Oh, I thought you KNEW!

Look at around 40s:

292K views · 9.3K reactions | What is Don Jr. doing!?!? | Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Don Jr. should be suing The Daily Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live to oblivion if he doesn't do cocaine. Of course there is something called discovery, which could pose a REAL problem for someone ALLEGEDLY called "Hobo" in college.

You know... because he likes to ride the rails!

One of the posters on one of these videos:

When Instagram came out, Don Jr thought it was a delivery service!

 

I read an interesting synopsis of the seizing of the tankers:

Trump Isn’t “Pirating Ships” — He Must Seize and Sell 300 Venezuelan Oil Tankers to Satisfy an International Court Judgment Owed to U.S. Companies
A lot of people are reacting emotionally to the idea of oil tankers being seized, but most of the outrage comes from not understanding what is actually being discussed.
So let’s slow this down and explain it clearly, legally, and step by step.
This is not war.
This is not piracy.
This is judgment enforcement — the same principle used every day when courts seize bank accounts, property, aircraft, or cargo from someone who lost in court and refuses to pay.
1. What Venezuela did (the part that always gets skipped)
In the 2000s, under Hugo Chávez, Venezuela seized oil projects owned by foreign companies, including major U.S. firms such as ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips.
This wasn’t a policy disagreement.
It was expropriation:
• Contracts were broken
• Assets were taken
• Compensation that had been agreed to was not paid
That is not controversial. It is historical fact.
2. What the courts decided
Those U.S. companies didn’t complain on social media.
They went to international arbitration and U.S. courts — the proper legal venues.
They won.
The rulings were:
• Final
• Binding
• Enforceable
Venezuela lost and was ordered to pay tens of billions of dollars in damages.
3. The real problem: Venezuela refused to pay
Here is the key point most critics ignore:
Venezuela refused to comply with the court judgments.
In any legal system — domestic or international — when a party:
• Loses in court
• Owes a judgment
• Refuses to pay
…the law allows creditors to seize commercial assets belonging to the debtor outside its borders to satisfy the judgment.
This is called judgment enforcement.
Countries do not get a free pass simply because they are countries.
4. Why oil tankers even enter the conversation
Venezuela’s primary commercial asset is oil.
Oil moves on oil tankers.
Those tankers:
• Carry state-owned Venezuelan oil
• Are commercial property, not military or diplomatic assets
• Can be lawfully seized by court order in cooperating jurisdictions
This is no different in principle from seizing:
• A bank account
• A plane
• A shipment of goods
Calling this “piracy” is legally incorrect.
Piracy is theft without lawful authority.
This is court-ordered seizure to collect a debt already ruled on.

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