Grainy footage uploaded to X by the attorney general shows US forces landing on the helicopter – in a major escalation of Trump’s pressure campaignUS politics live – latest updatesUS forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s four-mon th pressure campaign against the South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro.The US president confirmed the operation on Wednesday, saying: “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela – a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever seized actually.” Continue reading... ...read more read less