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The Mark Simone Show

Mark's 10am Monologue.

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3695 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

President Trump has announced that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. This action has sparked concern among Democrats, who are raising alarms about security risks with other countries and the potential impact on the global oil supply. Additionally, Trump is reportedly considering action against Colombia due to concerns about drug trafficking and the possibility of narcotics entering the United States.

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0:00.0

This is 710 W-O-R, where the Mark Simone show starts now.

0:08.2

Well, hey, I've got a lot to get to today.

0:11.1

We'll get to the tanker.

0:12.4

We'll get to Tucker.

0:13.5

We'll get to Mom Donnie.

0:16.1

We'll get to Luigi.

0:17.6

We've got a lot of stuff to talk about today.

0:20.4

So you might have seen on the news that the

0:22.6

United States of America seized a Venezuelan oil tanker. It looked pretty impressive. The military

0:29.0

operation with the planes and fighter jets and helicopters and our military rappelling down onto the

0:37.1

deck, seizing this massive oil tanker with thousands and

0:42.5

thousands of gallons of oil on it. There's about 70 million worth of oil. It was a Venezuelan ship.

0:49.0

The whole thing was illegal because it was violating our sanctions. And of course, you had all the fake news all up in

0:56.1

arms. Here's that old weather-beaten old hag, Martha Radditz.

0:59.6

Sources telling ABC News, it was headed for Cuba, capable of carrying up to two million barrels

1:05.9

of oil. Today's seizure, marking the first time the U.S. has overtly interfered with oil exports,

1:12.4

Venezuela's main source of revenue.

1:14.8

Until now, the U.S. has been targeting boats, they say are carrying drugs,

1:19.3

striking at least 22 boats and killing nearly 90 people, including two survivors.

1:25.3

Now this old Martha Radditz, this old hag,

1:28.2

looks like Granny on a Beverly Hillbillies,

1:30.2

you know, not quite the mother on Golden Girls,

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