What to Know About Trump’s Seizure of an Oil Tanker Near Venezuela NYT > U.S. News Von: Edward Wong and Nicholas Nehamas 11. Dezember 2025 um 21:13 The tanker was headed eastward and had recently carried Iranian oil. The seizure is an escalation in President Trump’s military pressure campaign against Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. © Planet Labs, via ReutersA satellite image showing the Skipper, an oil tanker, near Port Jose, Venezuela, in November.