Tucker Carlson claims Trump will declare war on Venezuela TONIGHT in address to the nation
Tucker Carlson claimed that Donald Trump will declare war on Venezuela in his televised address to the nation this evening.
Carlson told the Judge Napolitano podcast on Wednesday: ‘Members of Congress were informed yesterday that a war was coming and that this would be announced by the president in an address to the nation at 9 o’clock tonight (2am UK time).’
But Carlson offered many caveats: ‘By the way, who knows if this will actually happen? I don’t know. And I never want to exaggerate what I know, which is generally quite limited.’
The claim comes amid widespread speculation about Trump’s address to the nation on Wednesday. The White House said yesterday that his speech will highlight the administration’s accomplishments over the past year and touch on its 2026 goals.
Trump dramatically increased pressure on Venezuela on Wednesday night, ordering a “total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from the Latin American country.
Venezuela’s socialist tyrant Nicolas Maduro condemned the action as ‘warmongering’.
Financial markets reacted quickly.
As Brent crude oil rose to $60 per barrel, energy stocks such as Exxon Mobil, BP and Shell also rose.
Trump assembled the largest US force in the Caribbean since the Cold War, including the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald Ford.
Tucker Carlson claimed Donald Trump will declare war on Venezuela in his televised address to the nation tonight
President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route to Delaware on Wednesday
Since September, the United States has shot down at least 25 narco-terrorist vessels, primarily in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean, killing at least 95 people.
In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, the president accused Maduro’s government of using “stolen” oil “to finance themselves, drug terrorism, human trafficking, murder and kidnapping.”
Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro warned that Trump’s ‘naval blockade is unquestionably an act of war.’
The increase follows the seizure last week of a Venezuelan oil tanker called Skipper off the country’s coast; Maduro claimed this amounted to ‘kidnapping’ the ship’s crew.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the ship had a history of transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran in support of Islamist terrorist groups.
Trump has refused to ignore attacks inside Venezuela targeting cartels that Maduro claims help facilitate the industrial-scale production and export of the deadly opioid fentanyl to the United States.
While Venezuela is typically a hub for cocaine transportation, the vast majority of fentanyl imports reach the United States via its land border with Mexico.
There are suspicions that America is building a military buildup in Venezuela, especially since it is one of the world’s most oil-rich countries and a major supplier to China.
Trump’s campaign appears aimed at undermining domestic support for Maduro, but the Venezuelan military said on Wednesday it was ‘not afraid’ of the threats.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds the Sword of Peru during an event celebrating the bicentennial of the surrender to Simon Bolivar on November 25 in Caracas, Venezuela.
Two U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys take off from Mercedita International Airport in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday
US forces seized an oil tanker last week
The foreign minister of China, the main market for Venezuelan oil, defended Caracas against US “tyranny” in a telephone conversation with his Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gi.
‘China opposes all unilateral bullying and supports all countries in defending their sovereignty and national dignity,’ he said.
Caracas believes the counter-narcotics operations are a cover for an attempt to overthrow Maduro and steal Venezuelan oil.
Rising tensions have raised fears of a potential U.S. intervention to oust Maduro.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum intervened in the dispute on Wednesday, declaring the United Nations ‘nowhere to be seen’ and demanding action to ‘prevent bloodshed’.
Venezuela has been under a US oil embargo since 2019, forcing it to sell its production on the black market, primarily to Asian countries, at significantly lower prices.
The country produces one million barrels of oil per day, up from three million in the early 2000s.
Capital Economics analysts predicted that the blockade would ‘cut a key lifeline for the Venezuelan economy’ in the short term.
‘The medium-term impact will depend largely on how tensions with the US develop and what the US administration’s objectives are in Venezuela.’
The White House has been contacted for comment.
