<p>President Donald Trump said a potential war with Venezuela remains on the table as tensions escalate in the region.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don’t rule it out, no,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-not-ruling-war-venezuela-rcna250012" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC News in a phone interview Thursday.</p>
<p>Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-complete-blockade-of-sanctioned-oil-tankers-moving-in-and-out-of-venezuela?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Orders+%E2%80%98Complete+Blockade%E2%80%99+Of+Sanctioned+Oil+Tankers+Moving+In+And+Out+Of+Venezuela">initiated</a> “a total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela on Tuesday.</p>
<p>“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115731908387416458" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Truth Social Tuesday night.</p>
<p>The Department of War also continues air strikes on alleged drug boats, which have taken out more than two dozen vessels and over 100 alleged smugglers.</p>
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<p>Trump, however, told NBC that he doesn&#8217;t &#8220;discuss&#8221; whether his actions could result in an all-out war.</p>
<p>When pressed further on the subject, he acknowledged that war is possible, adding that the U.S. will certainly seize more oil tankers. Last week, the U.S. seized a Venezuelan oil tanker.</p>
<p>&#8220;As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large — largest one ever seized, actually,” the president <a href="https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1998847332616421875">said</a> at the time.</p>
<p>Trump didn&#8217;t offer an exact time frame for the current conflict, saying, &#8220;It depends. If they’re foolish enough to be sailing along, they’ll be sailing along back into one of our harbors.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump has also accused Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro of overseeing what he&#8217;s designated as a terrorist government. He has also placed a $50 million bounty on information that leads to the socialist leader’s arrest.</p>
<p>The president has also labeled Maduro as the leader of Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles, which he designated a terrorist organization.</p>
<p>But Trump declined to say whether his goal was to oust Maduro. The two leaders had a phone call last month to discuss the possibility of a meeting in Washington, D.C., <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/us/politics/trump-maduro-venezuela.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Times.</p>
<p>The White House has remained tight-lipped about what else was discussed during the call.</p>
<p>&#8220;He knows exactly what I want,&#8221; Trump told NBC of Maduro. &#8220;He knows better than anybody.&#8221;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the president of Belarus has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russian-ally-offers-maduro-a-way-out-as-u-s-ramps-up-pressure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered</a> Maduro sanctuary in his country if he decides to cave to the pressure.</p>

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