The Showdown Between the U.S. and Venezuela Escalates

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The U.S. seizes a tanker full of Venezuelan oil headed for export, but does the move show Donald Trump has the will to do what it takes to topple the Maduro regime? Plus, María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, escapes Venezuela in secret to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Being evil queen has never been so fun.
0:03.0	And I am willing to do anything.
0:05.9	We will soon be at war.
0:07.7	You will have to take a side.
0:09.0	War with the Protestants.
0:10.3	What fun.
0:11.5	A war with the Catholics.
0:12.9	None of us are safe.
0:14.4	Feels good to be bad.
0:16.0	The Serpent Queen on Channel 4.
0:18.5	Stream now.
0:22.6	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:28.4	The showdown between the United States and the government in Caracas, Venezuela escalates,
0:34.9	as the U.S. seizes a tanker full of Venezuelan oil headed for export. What's next in the
0:41.9	showdown between Donald Trump and Venezuela's dictator, Nicholas Maduro. Plus Maria Corina Machado,
0:49.3	the Venezuelan opposition leader, escapes Venezuela in secret to accept her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway,
0:56.8	although she didn't make it in time herself. Her daughter accepted on her behalf. Maria Corina
1:02.9	Machado made it later and has since spoken in Oslo. Welcome to Potomac Watch. I'm Paul Giego. This is
1:09.5	the daily podcast of Wall Street Journal Opinion.
1:12.7	And I am here today with Mario Grady. The journal's America's correspondent, who is tracking this
1:18.4	evolving story, has followed Venezuela for years as the U.S. increases pressure on Maduro to step
1:26.3	down. Let's listen to Donald Trump talk about the seizure of the tanker.
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