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

Bloomberg first reported the oil tanker seizure. Mr. Trump announced the seizure 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 gues

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