Trump has thrown down the gauntlet for war with Venezuela by seizing their oil tanker earlier today.

Reuters reports that several officials "speaking on the condition of anonymity said the operation was led by US Coast Guard."

During Trump's daily podcast appearance on Fox News he took responsibility for the seizure and claimed other things are happening.

TRUMP: It's been an interesting day from the standpoint of news.

As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever seized, actually.

And other things are happening, so you'll be seeing that later, and you'll be talking about that later with some other people.

What other things? Are US ground forces being mobilized against Venezuela?

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