Venezuela’s foreign affairs minister denounced the seizure, calling it a “blatant theft” and “an act of international piracy.”

The M/T Skipper seized by U.S. Coast Guard, was a sanctioned crude-oil tanker previously identified as part of an oil shipping network supporting Lebanese group Hezbollah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, both U.S.-designated terrorist organizations.

The U.S. government seized the ship off Venezuela this week for allegedly transporting oil to sanctioned Iran.

It sounds like President Donald Trump’s administration is looking for a repeat of the United States’ disastrous invasion of Iraq—no, seriously. Trump announced Monday that he planned to sign an order classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction,

President Trump’s approach to foreign policy in Venezuela is presenting a stark contrast with his approach to other countries as he seeks to escalate tensions with the South American country.