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WATCH LIVE: White House Press Briefing After Trump Admin Seizes Oil Tanker Near Venezuela – 1 PM ET

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Press briefing at the White House on December 1, 2025, featuring a speaker at the podium addressing the media.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will deliver a press briefing today amid escalations in Trump’s ongoing war against drug traffickers and terror after the US seized a Venezuelan oil tanker on Wednesday.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, the US Coast Guard, with help from the Navy, seized the oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

Trump later told reporters, “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Large tanker, very large. Largest one ever seized action — and other things are happening. So you’ll be seeing that later. And you’ll be talking about that later with some other people,” Trump said during remarks at his White House roundtable.

“The tanker has been used in recent years in an illicit shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations,” FBI Director Kash Patel said.

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This comes after the military sank over 20 drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific, killing nearly 100 narcoterrorists.

In other news, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose over 500 points on Thursday, pushing it to a new high amid a Fed interest rate cut.

The President boasted on Truth Social this morning, "STOCK MARKET JUST HIT AN ALL-TIME HIGH!!! When will the Fake Polls show that I am doing a great job on the Economy, and much more??? Thank you!"

Additionally, the White House is touting a years-long low trade deficit due to President Trump's tariffs today.

Leavitt is expected to discuss these wins and the escalations with Venezuela during the press briefing at 1 pm ET.

Watch live below:

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Jordan Conradson
Jordan Conradson, formerly TGP’s Arizona correspondent, is currently on assignment in Washington DC. Jordan has played a critical role in exposing fraud and corruption in Arizona's elections and elected officials. His reporting on election crimes in Maricopa County led to the resignation of one election official, and he was later banned from the Maricopa County press room for his courage in pursuit of the truth. TGP and Jordan finally gained access after suing Maricopa County, America's fourth largest county, and winning at the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Conradson looks forward to bringing his aggressive style of journalism to the Swamp.

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