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https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/12/23/wsj-its-not-just-venezuela-n3810164

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True enough. Donald Trump's escalation against Nicolas Maduro has never solely focused on reversing a stolen election in Venezuela, or even on the drug trade, as worthy as those issues may be. Trump hasn't taken aim at Venezuela's oil exports in a bilateral sanctions enforcement context either, as has been obvious from the start.

However, the Wall Street Journal reports today that the Trump administration has a wider focus than just the Western Hemisphere, too, even in the narrow context of oil trade. The attempt to seize the Bella I shows how the White House plans to attack the entire shadow fleet of black-market tankers that fund hostile regime and terror networks around the world:

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-targeting-illicit-oil-tankers-in-bid-to-stymie-global-black-market-cf379ac4?mod=hp_lead_pos5

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Now this makes a lot more sense...
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