Washington — The U.S. has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Trump said Wednesday, escalating tensions between the two countries . The president said he assumes the U.S. will keep the oil.

Bloomberg first reported the oil tanker seizure. The president made the comment during a roundtable meeting at the White House, saying the tanker was "seized for a very good reason."

"As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large," he said. "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."

When asked by a reporter what will happen to the oil on the ship, Mr. Trump responded, "Well we keep it, I guess

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