"Trump Is SUFFOCATING Putin" - Trump ROCKS Russia With HISTORIC Venezuelan Oil Tanker TAKEOVER
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🗓️ 7 January 2026
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Patrick Bet-David breaks down why the U.S. seizure of a Russian oil tanker is bigger than it looks. From sanctions enforcement to India, Venezuela, and oil choke points, Pat explains how Trump is slowly suffocating Putin’s economy without firing a shot.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you guys been following the whole Russian tanker that's been followed by U.S. |
| 0:03.4 | Oh, yeah. The last week, USC's Venezuela linked to Russian flagged oil tanker after weeks long pursuit. Rob, go a little bit lower to look at this because the timing of let's just look how beautiful the ship is first. Take a look at that ship. Okay. Brand spanking new go a little bit lower. Great condition. Yeah, great condition. Just had it detailed. How much oil was it leaking along the way? |
| 0:24.0 | USC. |
| 0:24.4 | Well, climate change. brand spanking new go a little bit lower. Great condition. Great condition. Just had it detailed. |
| 0:21.4 | How much oil was it leaking along the way? USC. Well, climate change. We got to take care of that. So, U.S. seized a Russian flagged oil tanker that was being shadowed by Russian submarine on Wednesday. After more than a two-week-long pursuit, crossed the Atlantic as part of the U.S. block it in Venezuela oil exports. This appeared to be the first time in recent memory that |
| 0:40.2 | U.S. blockade of Venezuela oil exports. |
| 0:38.4 | This appeared to be the first time in recent memory that U.S. military has seized a Russian-flagged |
| 0:42.0 | vessel. The operation took place after the tanker originally named Bella One, great name, |
| 0:46.7 | slipped through the U.S. Marine time blockade of sanctioned tankers in the Caribbean and rebuffed |
| 0:53.0 | U.S. Coast Guard efforts to board it. |
| 0:55.5 | The seizure effort was first reported by Reuters. |
| 0:58.8 | It was on ex-military European command says that Trump administration has seized the vessel for violating U.S. sanctions. |
| 1:05.2 | The blockade of sanction and elicit Venezuelan oil remains in full effect anywhere in the world. |
| 1:10.2 | The U.S. official who were speaking on the condition of anonymity said Wednesday operational |
| 1:14.4 | near Iceland was being carried out by U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. military coast guard did not |
| 1:19.4 | immediately respond to the request of a comment. |
| 1:21.6 | Go a little bit lower to see if the Russians have said anything about it. |
| 1:24.3 | There's no immediate comment from Russia as well. |
| 1:26.8 | Interesting. |
| 1:27.3 | Tom, your thoughts on this. |
| 1:28.3 | Well, first of all, my favorite line of the whole article there was, was being shadowed by a Russian |
| 1:35.7 | submarine. In other words, we knew that or we figured that out. And I think it goes to the technology |
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