Trump says US has seized oil tanker near Venezuela

US President Donald Trump announced the seizure of an oil tanker and said "other things are happening" off the coast of Venezuela.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

"We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized, actually," Trump told reporters at the White House.

The US president added that "other things are happening," without offering any additional details.

The announcement marks the latest escalation between the Trump administration and the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and it comes as opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is believed to have left the country for Oslo, where she had been given the Nobel Peace Prize this week.

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Edited by: Sean Sinico