US President Donald Trump said he was ‌leaving the possibility of war with Venezuela on the table, according to an interview with NBC News published on Friday. ADVERTISEMENTTrump also said there would be additional seizures of oil tankers near Venezuelan waters, according to ⁠the interview. The US seized a sanctioned ​oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela last week. "If ​they're ‍foolish enough to be sailing along, ⁠they'll be sailing along back into one of our harbors," he told NBC News. In his NBC interview, Trump declined to say whether removing Maduro was his ultimate goal, telling NBC ​News: "He knows exactly what I want."

Source: The Telegraph December 19, 2025 12:30 UTC