December 11, 2025 • 13 mins
- U.S. authorities, including the Coast Guard, FBI, Homeland Security, and Navy, seized the tanker in a coordinated operation. Video footage of the boarding was released publicly.
- Official Justification: The seizure was based on violations of U.S. sanctions and links to illicit oil networks supporting sanctioned entities, including Iran.
- Venezuelan Reaction: The Maduro government condemned the action as “international piracy” and a violation of sovereignty, vowing to raise the issue in international forums.
- Geopolitical Impact: The incident escalated U.S.-Venezuela tensions, contributed to rising global oil prices, and raised questions about potential military escalation.
- Media Coverage: CNN and Fox News-while some portray the move as controversial, analysts argue it is consistent with past U.S. actions against Iranian oil tankers.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You hold a drug here.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
No, I haven't already thought too much about him. He's
been fairly hostile to the United States, and he's gonna
have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up.
Columbia's producing a lot of drugs. They have cocaine factories
that they make cocaine, as you know, and they sell
it right into the They say, so he better wise up,
or he'll be next. He'll be next. So he said,
(00:27):
hope he's listening.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
He's gonna be next.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Good Thursday morning. It's so nice to have you with
us on the forty seven Morning Update, and we've got
one big story for you. Donald Trump made a promise
to keep us safe, especially from the drugs that were
killing countless Americans with fetnyl overdoses. Well, now the President
is going after some of those cartel individuals, including Venezuela.
(00:54):
Trump now says the US has seized an oil tanker
off the coast of venezul whale up in a massive move.
I've got all the details for you and what this
means going forward, But first I want to tell you
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Speaker 4 (03:03):
Story number one.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
You can file this story under this is exactly what
I've voted for when I voted for President Donald Trump.
The United States has seized a large oil tanker off
the coast of Venezuela in a major escalation of tensions
between Washington and Caracas. Is how the mainstream media put it.
(03:25):
In reality, this is a huge victory for law and order.
President Donald Trump publicly announced the seizure at the White House,
describing the vessel as a very large tanker. Here's the
President in his own words, Well.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Thank you very much. It's been an interesting day from
the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just
seized a tanker on the coast of VENEZUELA large tanker,
very large, largest whatever, seass and other things are happening,
(04:04):
So you'll be seeing that later and you'll be talking
about that later with some other neahble.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
The president's grinn on his face at the White House
for this moment where he decided to talk to the
media for a second and tease them about exactly what
had happened. The largest ever seized oil tanker by US
forces truly is law and order. The operation was executed
by US authorities including the US Coast Guard, the FBI,
(04:31):
Homeland Security Investigations, Navy support assets, and these forces coordinated
the boarding of the tanker, even shown in a public
video that has been released. Now, let's talk about the
tanker itself. It is called the Skipper. It was formerly
known as Idisa and flagged in Panama. The ship was
(04:52):
sanctioned by the United States for years because US officials
say it was involved in transporting illicit Venezuelan and potentially
Iranian oil in violation of US sanctions. He was reportedly
heading towards Cuba carrying Venezuelan crude oil. US authorities justified
the Caesar by saying the tanker was transporting oil in
(05:15):
violation of US sanctions and part of an ellistic oil
shipping network that it supports sanctioned entities, including direct ties
to Iran. President Trump also stated publicly that the tanker
was seized for a very good reason. He didn't publicly
disclose full legal grounds or the ship's ownership in detail.
(05:36):
That will be coming in the days ahead. But what
we do know is Venezuela's reaction is exactly what you
would expect. The Venezuelan government, led by Nicholas Maduro, strongly
condemned the actions, called the seizure theft an Act of
international Piracy. Caracas says the move violates a sovereignty and
is driven by US interests in Venezuela's natural resources and
(06:00):
oil wealth. Venezuela has valid to raise the issue at
the International quote Forums now. The seizure has heightened geopolitical
tensions between the US and Venezuela to a new level,
is how Reuters put it this evening. It contributed to
a rise in global oil prices because of concern about
disruptions to Venezuelan oil exports which are in bargot, admitting
(06:25):
now in the world market that yes, these black ships
and this oil that is not supposed to be sold
is happening each and every day, which brings me to
part two of the story. As the Left is trying
to act like this is some shocking move, even CNN
security analysts says that America seizing an oil tanker is
(06:49):
quote absolutely normal. Yes, even on CNN they're saying that
this is normal and law and order.
Speaker 5 (06:58):
Listen carefully bring in CNN national security analyst Beth Sanner. That's,
first of all, a lot of people don't understand the
basic idea of what's going on here. Nicholas Maduro, who
is in charge of Venezuela, president of Venezuela. He's there
because of fraud, like he should not be the leader
of Venezuela.
Speaker 6 (07:17):
He lost the election.
Speaker 5 (07:18):
He lost the election and he kept power instead President
Trump is My larger point is that President Trump is
it's not wild for people in the West to think
Madora is not there legitimately, and there has been this
pressure campaign from President Trump for him to step down.
Seizing an oil tanker, that's a much bigger deal and
a much bigger than these narco terrorist boats, as the
(07:43):
President calls them, people shooting them, seizing a tanker. How
could this escalate the conflict with Venezuela.
Speaker 6 (07:52):
Well, you know, we've had sanctions on Venezuelan oil since
the first Trump administration and kept them, kept them, So
to me, this is absolutely normal.
Speaker 5 (08:05):
I mean seizing an oil tanker.
Speaker 6 (08:08):
Yeah, we've been seizing Iranian oil tankers in the past.
We also, according to the law that I've read, we
can that oil is up for forfeiture, so we could
keep that. We've kept Iranian oil in the past. So
I actually think that this is less controversial in terms
(08:28):
of law and sanctions and what has been you know,
disputed or not disputed. Like I think this is actually
a pretty you know, check the box case. Now, you know,
what will this mean in terms of escalation?
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Uh?
Speaker 6 (08:43):
You know, what is he going to do? What is
Maduro gonna do? Is he gonna step aside because we're
sanctioning this oil. I mean, you know, we pick up
this oil tanker, it's one oil tanker.
Speaker 5 (08:52):
Probably not, and it's unlikely that he would.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
You listen to CNN and the analyst there I love
how Jake Tapper acts like he's shocked when she says,
America sees as oil tankers and we've done this in
the past. It's absolutely normal. But they're trying to act
like this is some shocking move. By the way, the
President United States of America made it clear this was
going to be something they were going to do, which
(09:18):
comes down to the video that has come out showing
just how powerful the United States military can be and
law enforcement can be when they decide to act and
are able to do their job because of a president
of the United States of America that's willing to allow
them to do their job. Here's how Fox News described
(09:39):
the taking of that oil tanker.
Speaker 7 (09:41):
Dramatic new video as the US seizes an oil tanker
off of the Venezuelan coast. President Trump did not say why,
but he did say, quote, other things are happening. The
administration has been striking alleged Narco terrorist vessels near Venezuela
and is putting heavy pressure on disputed President Nicholas Maduro.
Senior foreign policy correspondent Jillian Turner starts us off tonight
(10:04):
from the State Department.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Even Jillian good evening to you bat President Trump confirms
the United States military has seized this crude oil tanker
off the coast of Venezuela. After insisting for months now
that the US is in fact at war with drug
cartels that are running these boats in the US southcom region.
We've obtained this video that the Attorney General Pambondi posted
(10:26):
on social media just a moment ago. You can see
here during this seizure. She says, the FBI, the Homeland
Security Departments, and Coast Guard executed this operation with support
from the War Department. You can see here US service
members landing a military helicopter on this vessel before then
disembarking and entering. The US had issued a warrant we
(10:48):
are learning for this crude oil tanker, alleging it had
been used to transport illegal oil from Venezuela and Iran
in support of foreign terrorist organizations. The seizure comes after
senior official presented the President with potential war plans and
then deployed major navy assets to the region. While the
President himself declined to state a reason for today's seizure,
(11:09):
which could very well constitute an act of war, he
did say this could we see American troops on the
ground in Venezuela.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
I don't come, and I wouldn't say that one way
or the other.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
In this case, President Trump says, the victor will in
fact take the spoils.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
When you have to follow the tanker, you know here
a good Desmond.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Just followed the tanker.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
A helicopter followed the tanker. I assume we're.
Speaker 8 (11:37):
Going to keep the The US military strikes on these
alleged drug boats in the region have so far killed
at least eighty seven people, a death toll that's become
increasingly the focus of scrutiny on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers
have zeroed in on this so called double tap strike
that was carried out on September second.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Now yesterday, the Secretaries of State and wore briefed key
lawmakers on Capitol Hill about these September second boat strikes.
They indicated reportedly that they are at least considering the
option to release the full unedited video footage of those strikes.
That day, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer told reporters after the
(12:19):
briefing that Secretary Hegsat said to him they need to
study these tapes before they make a determination Brett, Jillian
Turner love the State Department, Jillian, thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
So there it is a president standing up for this country,
holding these narco terraces accountable, seizing the oil and the
tankers that are being used to prop up a regime
that is coming after America, and also working with Iran.
And what's the point of having I would say to
those on the left sanctions if you don't actually enforce them.
(12:55):
These sanctions, by the way, have been around in Democrats administrations,
including Biden, including Barack Obamas. But if you don't enforce
the sanctions on these countries, they're meaningless. So really, what
the President's doing is something pretty simple. He's saying, we
have sanctions, we are going to take them seriously, we
(13:16):
are going to enforce them, and we're going to make
them pay a major price. And all of this is
to make sure that we keep this country safe from
these narco terras that have been flooding this country. Venezuela's
a great example with drugs and fetnyl that is killing
tens of thousands of Americans. Well done, President Trump.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast,
and we will see you back here tomorrow
You hold a drug here.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
No, I haven't already thought too much about him. He's
been fairly hostile to the United States, and he's gonna
have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up.
Columbia's producing a lot of drugs. They have cocaine factories
that they make cocaine, as you know, and they sell
it right into the They say, so he better wise up,
or he'll be next. He'll be next. So he said,
(00:27):
hope he's listening.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
He's gonna be next.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Good Thursday morning. It's so nice to have you with
us on the forty seven Morning Update, and we've got
one big story for you. Donald Trump made a promise
to keep us safe, especially from the drugs that were
killing countless Americans with fetnyl overdoses. Well, now the President
is going after some of those cartel individuals, including Venezuela.
(00:54):
Trump now says the US has seized an oil tanker
off the coast of venezul whale up in a massive move.
I've got all the details for you and what this
means going forward, But first I want to tell you
about our friends over Patriot Mobile. Every so often, something
happens that reminds us just how fragile our freedoms are.
(01:15):
We can't afford to take our rights for granted. We
must draw a line in the sand, and our friends
at Patriot Mobile have been doing just that for more
than twelve years. The truth is there is only one
provider that boldly stands in the gap for Americans who
believe freedom is we're fighting for, and that company is
Patriot Mobile. Not only are they leading the red economy,
(01:38):
they're also outpacing the competition and technology. Patriot Mobile is
one of the only carriers offering premium access to all
three major US networks, giving you nationwide coverage and service
that you can count on day after day. They also
offer unlimited data plans, mobile hotspots, international roaming, internet backup
(02:01):
in so much more, and switching has never been easier.
You can activate in minutes on your phone from your
home or your office, and you keep your same number.
You've got now keep your same phone, or upgrade to
a new one, and this is where the magic happens.
Every month, about five percent of your bill is given
back to conservative causes at no extra cost. To you
(02:22):
that stand up for our First and our Second Amendment rights,
the rights of unborn children, and are wounded warriors and
those that have fought for a country and wear a badge.
So take a stand today. Go to patriotmobile dot com
slash ben forty seven or call ninety seven to two
Patriot and if you use the promo code Ben forty seven,
(02:46):
you're gonna get a free month of service. That's Patriot
Mobile dot com slash Ben forty seven or nine seven
to two Patriot and make the switch today. It's a
forty seven morning update and it starts right now.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Story number one.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
You can file this story under this is exactly what
I've voted for when I voted for President Donald Trump.
The United States has seized a large oil tanker off
the coast of Venezuela in a major escalation of tensions
between Washington and Caracas. Is how the mainstream media put it.
(03:25):
In reality, this is a huge victory for law and order.
President Donald Trump publicly announced the seizure at the White House,
describing the vessel as a very large tanker. Here's the
President in his own words, Well.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Thank you very much. It's been an interesting day from
the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just
seized a tanker on the coast of VENEZUELA large tanker,
very large, largest whatever, seass and other things are happening,
(04:04):
So you'll be seeing that later and you'll be talking
about that later with some other neahble.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
The president's grinn on his face at the White House
for this moment where he decided to talk to the
media for a second and tease them about exactly what
had happened. The largest ever seized oil tanker by US
forces truly is law and order. The operation was executed
by US authorities including the US Coast Guard, the FBI,
(04:31):
Homeland Security Investigations, Navy support assets, and these forces coordinated
the boarding of the tanker, even shown in a public
video that has been released. Now, let's talk about the
tanker itself. It is called the Skipper. It was formerly
known as Idisa and flagged in Panama. The ship was
(04:52):
sanctioned by the United States for years because US officials
say it was involved in transporting illicit Venezuelan and potentially
Iranian oil in violation of US sanctions. He was reportedly
heading towards Cuba carrying Venezuelan crude oil. US authorities justified
the Caesar by saying the tanker was transporting oil in
(05:15):
violation of US sanctions and part of an ellistic oil
shipping network that it supports sanctioned entities, including direct ties
to Iran. President Trump also stated publicly that the tanker
was seized for a very good reason. He didn't publicly
disclose full legal grounds or the ship's ownership in detail.
(05:36):
That will be coming in the days ahead. But what
we do know is Venezuela's reaction is exactly what you
would expect. The Venezuelan government, led by Nicholas Maduro, strongly
condemned the actions, called the seizure theft an Act of
international Piracy. Caracas says the move violates a sovereignty and
is driven by US interests in Venezuela's natural resources and
(06:00):
oil wealth. Venezuela has valid to raise the issue at
the International quote Forums now. The seizure has heightened geopolitical
tensions between the US and Venezuela to a new level,
is how Reuters put it this evening. It contributed to
a rise in global oil prices because of concern about
disruptions to Venezuelan oil exports which are in bargot, admitting
(06:25):
now in the world market that yes, these black ships
and this oil that is not supposed to be sold
is happening each and every day, which brings me to
part two of the story. As the Left is trying
to act like this is some shocking move, even CNN
security analysts says that America seizing an oil tanker is
(06:49):
quote absolutely normal. Yes, even on CNN they're saying that
this is normal and law and order.
Speaker 5 (06:58):
Listen carefully bring in CNN national security analyst Beth Sanner. That's,
first of all, a lot of people don't understand the
basic idea of what's going on here. Nicholas Maduro, who
is in charge of Venezuela, president of Venezuela. He's there
because of fraud, like he should not be the leader
of Venezuela.
Speaker 6 (07:17):
He lost the election.
Speaker 5 (07:18):
He lost the election and he kept power instead President
Trump is My larger point is that President Trump is
it's not wild for people in the West to think
Madora is not there legitimately, and there has been this
pressure campaign from President Trump for him to step down.
Seizing an oil tanker, that's a much bigger deal and
a much bigger than these narco terrorist boats, as the
(07:43):
President calls them, people shooting them, seizing a tanker. How
could this escalate the conflict with Venezuela.
Speaker 6 (07:52):
Well, you know, we've had sanctions on Venezuelan oil since
the first Trump administration and kept them, kept them, So
to me, this is absolutely normal.
Speaker 5 (08:05):
I mean seizing an oil tanker.
Speaker 6 (08:08):
Yeah, we've been seizing Iranian oil tankers in the past.
We also, according to the law that I've read, we
can that oil is up for forfeiture, so we could
keep that. We've kept Iranian oil in the past. So
I actually think that this is less controversial in terms
(08:28):
of law and sanctions and what has been you know,
disputed or not disputed. Like I think this is actually
a pretty you know, check the box case. Now, you know,
what will this mean in terms of escalation?
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Uh?
Speaker 6 (08:43):
You know, what is he going to do? What is
Maduro gonna do? Is he gonna step aside because we're
sanctioning this oil. I mean, you know, we pick up
this oil tanker, it's one oil tanker.
Speaker 5 (08:52):
Probably not, and it's unlikely that he would.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
You listen to CNN and the analyst there I love
how Jake Tapper acts like he's shocked when she says,
America sees as oil tankers and we've done this in
the past. It's absolutely normal. But they're trying to act
like this is some shocking move. By the way, the
President United States of America made it clear this was
going to be something they were going to do, which
(09:18):
comes down to the video that has come out showing
just how powerful the United States military can be and
law enforcement can be when they decide to act and
are able to do their job because of a president
of the United States of America that's willing to allow
them to do their job. Here's how Fox News described
(09:39):
the taking of that oil tanker.
Speaker 7 (09:41):
Dramatic new video as the US seizes an oil tanker
off of the Venezuelan coast. President Trump did not say why,
but he did say, quote, other things are happening. The
administration has been striking alleged Narco terrorist vessels near Venezuela
and is putting heavy pressure on disputed President Nicholas Maduro.
Senior foreign policy correspondent Jillian Turner starts us off tonight
(10:04):
from the State Department.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Even Jillian good evening to you bat President Trump confirms
the United States military has seized this crude oil tanker
off the coast of Venezuela. After insisting for months now
that the US is in fact at war with drug
cartels that are running these boats in the US southcom region.
We've obtained this video that the Attorney General Pambondi posted
(10:26):
on social media just a moment ago. You can see
here during this seizure. She says, the FBI, the Homeland
Security Departments, and Coast Guard executed this operation with support
from the War Department. You can see here US service
members landing a military helicopter on this vessel before then
disembarking and entering. The US had issued a warrant we
(10:48):
are learning for this crude oil tanker, alleging it had
been used to transport illegal oil from Venezuela and Iran
in support of foreign terrorist organizations. The seizure comes after
senior official presented the President with potential war plans and
then deployed major navy assets to the region. While the
President himself declined to state a reason for today's seizure,
(11:09):
which could very well constitute an act of war, he
did say this could we see American troops on the
ground in Venezuela.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
I don't come, and I wouldn't say that one way
or the other.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
In this case, President Trump says, the victor will in
fact take the spoils.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
When you have to follow the tanker, you know here
a good Desmond.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Just followed the tanker.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
A helicopter followed the tanker. I assume we're.
Speaker 8 (11:37):
Going to keep the The US military strikes on these
alleged drug boats in the region have so far killed
at least eighty seven people, a death toll that's become
increasingly the focus of scrutiny on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers
have zeroed in on this so called double tap strike
that was carried out on September second.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Now yesterday, the Secretaries of State and wore briefed key
lawmakers on Capitol Hill about these September second boat strikes.
They indicated reportedly that they are at least considering the
option to release the full unedited video footage of those strikes.
That day, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer told reporters after the
(12:19):
briefing that Secretary Hegsat said to him they need to
study these tapes before they make a determination Brett, Jillian
Turner love the State Department, Jillian, thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
So there it is a president standing up for this country,
holding these narco terraces accountable, seizing the oil and the
tankers that are being used to prop up a regime
that is coming after America, and also working with Iran.
And what's the point of having I would say to
those on the left sanctions if you don't actually enforce them.
(12:55):
These sanctions, by the way, have been around in Democrats administrations,
including Biden, including Barack Obamas. But if you don't enforce
the sanctions on these countries, they're meaningless. So really, what
the President's doing is something pretty simple. He's saying, we
have sanctions, we are going to take them seriously, we
(13:16):
are going to enforce them, and we're going to make
them pay a major price. And all of this is
to make sure that we keep this country safe from
these narco terras that have been flooding this country. Venezuela's
a great example with drugs and fetnyl that is killing
tens of thousands of Americans. Well done, President Trump.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast,
and we will see you back here tomorrow
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