Trump Orders Blockage of Venezuela Oil Tankers, Says Maduro Regime a Terrorist Organization

The U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, including the flagship USS Gerald R. Ford, USS Winston S. Churchill, USS Mahan and USS Bainbridge, sail towards the Caribbean Sea under F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, in the Atlantic Ocean, on Nov. 13, 2025. U.S. Navy/Petty Officer 3rd Class Gladjimi Balisage/Handout via ReutersThe United States has launched a naval blockade off the coast of Venezuela on Dec. 16 at the order of President Donald Trump to prevent any oil tankers from getting through.“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America,” U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social. “It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before—Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us.”