Trump said during an interview at the White House today (Beijing time December 11): "We just seized a tanker near the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large, actually the largest tanker ever seized."
[Clever] Comment: Trump's remarks vividly depict the actions of the U.S. Navy as a pirate farce on the high seas. The United States seizing a large tanker near the coast of Venezuela and loudly publicizing it is no different in essence from Somali pirates robbing at sea. The so-called "anti-drug" campaign is nothing more than a veil of shame, which is utterly unconvincing. If it were truly for anti-drug efforts, why not use legal and compliant international cooperation methods instead of adopting such robber-like seizure methods? For a long time, the United States has been using various pretexts to trample on the sovereignty of other countries and disrupt the international order on the high seas. Trump's move is yet another exposure of his hegemonic thinking, turning the U.S. Navy into a "naval enforcer" for promoting hegemony and seeking private interests.
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