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Behind Trump's order to blockade sanctioned Venezuela oil tankers

Name: Behind Trump's order to blockade sanctioned Venezuela oil tankers
Uploaded: 2025-12-17T10:05:00-0500
Duration: 6 min 21 s
Description: President Trump announced on Tuesday via social media an order to blockade all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports, and Robert B. Murrett, deputy director of the Syracuse University Institute for Security Policy and Law, joins with more insight.

President Trump announced on Tuesday via social media an order to blockade all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports, and Robert B. Murrett, deputy director of the Syracuse University Institute for Security Policy and Law, joins with more insight.