BENGALURU (Dec 19): 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. "I don't rule it out, no," he told NBC News in a phone interview. Trump also said there would be additional seizures of oil tankers near Venezuelan waters, according to the interview. "If they're foolish enough to be sailing along, they'll be sailing along back into one of our harbours," 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 Edge Markets December 19, 2025 11:51 UTC