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Trump said that “other things are happening” in addition to the U.S. military’s seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker

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President Donald Trump has in recent months overseen military strikes against alleged "drug smuggling" boats off the coast of Venezuela, ordered a military buildup in its coastal waters, accused its president, Nicolás Maduro, of being part of a drug cartel, and, on Wednesday, seized one of the nation's oil tankers.