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Trump Declares Venezuela ‘Terrorist Regime’ – Orders Total Oil Tanker Blockade + Zelensky Dashes Christmas Peace Hopes After Putin Rejects Truce + NYC Man Stabbed in Suspected Antisemitic Attack – Cops Probe MotiveTrump Orders Total Blockade of Venezuelan Tankers
President Trump ordered a ‘‘total and complete’’ blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela and designated elements of the Maduro regime as foreign terrorists, escalating military and economic pressure on Caracas
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