Report: White House Orders US Military to 'Quarantine' Venezuela Oil

Is Trump's Venezuela blockade resource imperialism with false pretexts, or justified action against a narco-terrorist regime?

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Report: White House Orders US Military to 'Quarantine' Venezuela Oil

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Above: A boat sails in front of a crude oil tanker anchored on Lake Maracaibo near Maracaibo, Venezuela, on Dec. 18, 2025. Image credit: Alejandro Paredes/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Left narrative

Trump's Venezuela blockade represents pure resource imperialism, seizing oil under flimsy drug war pretexts just like Iraq. The fentanyl claims are bogus — Venezuela plays a minor role in U.S. drug trafficking, making this transparently about controlling fossil fuels. This extractive playbook extends globally, from threatening Greenland for minerals to demanding Ukraine's uranium.

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Right narrative

Maduro runs a narco-terrorist regime, proven by a 2020 federal indictment, not political speculation but grand jury evidence. His family members are convicted drug traffickers who resumed operations after Biden's disastrous pardons flooded America with poison. Seizing illicit oil tankers and restoring sanctions corrects failed appeasement policies that enabled brutal dictatorship at the Americans' expense.

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