1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: The short answer is no. But that's what the deranged 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: anti Trump media and Democrats are now saying that Trump 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: is the Jack Sparrow pirate in the franchise Pirates of 4 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: the Caribbean, or a modern day Blackbeard. And why are 5 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: they accusing the presidency of piracy on the high seas? 6 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: Because he ordered the US Safety a US Coastguard backed 7 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: by the US Navy and the Department of Homeland Security 8 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: to seize a Venezuelan oil tanker off the coastline of Venezuela. 9 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: And the operation was a beauty to behold. The Coastguard 10 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: surgical precision boarded the tanker and effectively seized it. So 11 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: why why did Trump make this decision? Is it because 12 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: he's like Jack Sparrow, a swash by buccaneer, a pirate 13 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: who just wants to seize ships and steal their loot? 14 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: Of course not. This ship, known as the Skipper, is 15 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 1: an illegal elicit ship that has been sanctioned for many years, 16 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: used by the Venezuelan regime to ship illegal sanctioned oil 17 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: to Iran, to has Blah, and primarily to China, including 18 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: energy buyers in Asia who buy the oil. Obviously, on 19 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: the Black market and thence by low and then sell high. 20 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: In other words, it's an illicit ship shipping illicit oil 21 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: in violation not just of American sanctions, but sanctions from 22 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: most countries in the world. And a federal judge issued 23 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: a seizure warrant two weeks ago, so it has full 24 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: legal foundation and basis for the government to board and 25 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: seize the ship. My friends, what is clearly happening is 26 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: President Trump is doing two things. One, he is maximizing 27 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: pressure on the corrupt, authoritarian socialist regime of Nicholas Maduro 28 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: by now maximizing even economic pressure. He's now cleared airspace, 29 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 1: threatening to launch airstrikes. He now has fifteen thousand troops 30 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 1: amassing near Venezuela. Eleven warships are now policing the waters 31 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: right across Venezuela. They are on the brink of an invasion. 32 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: And now by seizing Venezuela's illegal oil shipments, he is 33 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: starting to choke the Venezuelan economy, hoping to squeeze Maduro 34 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: so hard he will volunteer leave office. Remember, two elections 35 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: of his have been deemed illegitimate and illegal. He stole 36 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: both elections. He is widely reviled, he is illegitimate. The 37 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,839 Speaker 1: opposition wants him out, the Venezuelan people want him out. 38 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: And Trump now is going to maximize economic pressure to 39 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: economically starve this regime and force Maduro down. And the 40 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: second point who backs Maduro Beyond Putin and Iran, the 41 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: biggest backer is communist China. If Maduro falls, and if 42 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: he's no longer to send or allowed to ship ilicit 43 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: oil to China, it is a signal to Beijing. The 44 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: Western Hemisphere belongs to America again. We are the dominant power, 45 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: as we said in the Monroe Doctrine, and we will 46 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: not tolerate other great powers using the Western Hemisphere our backyard, 47 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: as a sphere of influence for them. Trump is about 48 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: to topple the Maduro, hopefully without firing a shot, and 49 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 1: he's now telling Beijing get out of the Western Hemisphere 50 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: and Latin America. This is America's backyard, this is America's lake, 51 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: and not you or the Russians have a right to 52 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: operate in our sphere of interest. My friends, President Trump 53 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: is a modern day Theodore Roosevelt. He's no pirate. He 54 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: is an American nationalist who is now finally reasserting America's 55 00:04:54,720 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: national security and America's primacy in our own hemisphere. Trump 56 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: is right, sees tanker after tanker after tanker, and after 57 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: a while, Maduro will have no choice but to beg 58 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: for an exit and finally depart from power. Trump is 59 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 1: kicking ass, and that's exactly what we voted for.