One of the US Coast Guard helicopters preparing to seize the Centuries, a tanker loaded with Venezuelan oil, in international waters bound for China. “This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America,” Trump wrote. The Times interview was published as the US Navy pursued oil tankers linked to Venezuela, Iran, Russia and China fleeing the Caribbean across the Atlantic. “America MUST have the strongest Military in the World, and it’s not even close!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday. In his interview with the Times, Trump “reiterated that he was willing to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy the military inside the United States.”

Source: International New York Times January 09, 2026 10:46 UTC