My fault. That was the Chavez rumor
Trump Threatens Venezuela 🇻🇪 with War; U.S. 🇺🇸 Military Assets Deployed Near Guyana 🇬🇾 & Trinidad 🇹🇹
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Okay!
The U.S. needs to send the first missile already. It’s like folks forgot the Venezuela has been bullying and taunting Guyana and doing the Afro-Venezuelans no favors.
America need to back the fukk off.. they could lift the sanctions right now and Maduro would flood America with oil. His country would get economic relief too. There would be a boom and would further push people back to gasoline. Like Trump wants.
Trump is dumb and sloppy with this shyt. Biden was working towards it, but Maduro was arresting the people CIA sent to kill him, so it was taking a little longer
Sir Richard Spirit
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The whole eastern and southern Caribbean seems like a no go zone soon
Carnival in T&T about to be affected
Pilots flying into jammed zones
Givethanks
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This man's moving mad crazy, he's an international super villain.
Sir Richard Spirit
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They still chasing the boat
By Eric Schmitt and Nicholas Nehamas
Dec. 30, 2025, 12:03 p.m. ET
The crew of an oil tanker fleeing U.S. forces in the Atlantic Ocean recently painted a Russian flag on the side of the vessel, in an apparent attempt to claim Russian protection, two American officials said on Tuesday.
It’s the latest twist in a bizarre odyssey that began on Dec. 21 when the U.S. Coast Guard tried to intercept the ship, Bella 1, in the Caribbean Sea as it sailed toward Venezuela to pick up oil, putting it in the cross hairs of President Trump’s quasi-blockadeof the Venezuelan government’s economic lifeline.
The Bella 1’s crew members have since painted a Russian flag on the tanker during the escape and are now claiming Russian status, according to the U.S. officials, who were briefed on the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive operation.
The tanker has been under U.S. sanctions since last year for transporting Iranian oil, which federal authorities have said is sold to finance terrorism.
The ship also appears to have recently changed its course northwest, away from the Mediterranean Sea, possibly heading toward Greenland or Iceland, the officials said. It is not believed to be carrying cargo.
The White House and the Homeland Security Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Neither did the Russian Embassy in Washington.
U.S. officials said the Coast Guard tried to intercept Bella 1 in the Caribbean after determining that it was not flying a valid national flag, making it subject to boarding under international law. But the ship did not comply and continued sailing. It has been pursued by U.S. forces ever since.
WowThey still chasing the boat
By Eric Schmitt and Nicholas Nehamas
Dec. 30, 2025, 12:03 p.m. ET
The crew of an oil tanker fleeing U.S. forces in the Atlantic Ocean recently painted a Russian flag on the side of the vessel, in an apparent attempt to claim Russian protection, two American officials said on Tuesday.
It’s the latest twist in a bizarre odyssey that began on Dec. 21 when the U.S. Coast Guard tried to intercept the ship, Bella 1, in the Caribbean Sea as it sailed toward Venezuela to pick up oil, putting it in the cross hairs of President Trump’s quasi-blockadeof the Venezuelan government’s economic lifeline.
The Bella 1’s crew members have since painted a Russian flag on the tanker during the escape and are now claiming Russian status, according to the U.S. officials, who were briefed on the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive operation.
The tanker has been under U.S. sanctions since last year for transporting Iranian oil, which federal authorities have said is sold to finance terrorism.
The ship also appears to have recently changed its course northwest, away from the Mediterranean Sea, possibly heading toward Greenland or Iceland, the officials said. It is not believed to be carrying cargo.
The White House and the Homeland Security Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Neither did the Russian Embassy in Washington.
U.S. officials said the Coast Guard tried to intercept Bella 1 in the Caribbean after determining that it was not flying a valid national flag, making it subject to boarding under international law. But the ship did not comply and continued sailing. It has been pursued by U.S. forces ever since.
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