US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against the South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro.

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      wtf? Finland & France siezed Russian shadow fleet tankers, an aggressive act against the Putin regime. This vessel is also related to the axis shadow fleet.

      Supporting these shadow fleet oil tankers breaking sanctions & financing illegal wars is literally pro-russian. Seizing them is literally an act of aggression AGAINST Russia. You have it completely backwards.

      And this tanker was anyway sanctioned by Biden, Trump is now enforcing the biden administration’s sanctions.

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        • Finland and France aren’t trying to start war when they impound and seize ships.
        • Finland and France aren’t actively terrorizing international waters, destroying civilian pleasure craft, and massacring defenseless people.
        • Finland and France are democratic countries that adhere to international law whereas the the US is a Nazi rogue state.
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          You didn’t address anything I said. Enforcing Biden’s sanctions against Iran/Russia/NK is not pushing anyone further from the EU. The EU has literally sanctioned the Maduro government, and Norway is currently protecting the Venezuelan opposition party.

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            Enforcing Biden’s sanctions against Iran/Russia/NK is not pushing anyone further from the EU

            I mean you are broadcasting that the US determines your foreign policy, whether that’s attractive or not depends on whether a leader’s interests are more closely aligned with America’s or the European unit as a whole.