DSR Daily December 17: Trump’s Blockade of Sanctioned Oil Tankers

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we discuss Trump’s order of a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers, an expanded travel ban, a telling Vanity Fair shoot of the administration, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.1	Hello and welcome to the show.
0:56.4	Hello and welcome to the DSR Daily. I'm David Rothkopf.
0:57.5	I'm joined by Riley Fessler and Minna Stein, who's recovering from an inci-weensy cold,
1:04.3	which, although I haven't seen Minna in person in a couple weeks,
1:07.3	I seem to have gotten via the internet, which is a breakthrough in modern science.
1:13.8	Internet virus.
1:15.4	Oh, an internet virus.
1:16.6	Yeah, I've heard of those.
1:17.5	Is that what that was?
1:19.2	Who knew?
1:20.4	Who knew?
1:21.4	Okay, Minna, why don't you kick us off here?
1:24.7	President Trump announced a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela to intensify pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, citing terrorism and other crimes.
1:38.7	Though how the blockade would be enforced remains unclear. The move has raised major legal and political questions, with critics
1:47.0	calling it an unauthorized act of war, while oil prices rose on expectations that Venezuela exports
1:53.6	could fall sharply. Analysts warned that a prolonged blockade could significantly impact global
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