This should alarm every American

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ELIZABETH LANE

@imelizabethlane

This should alarm every American. Let me be clear: I liked Trump. I supported him. I still do in many ways, I think he’s been better than the last four presidents combined. But that doesn’t mean he’s infallible. On this issue, I think he’s seriously misguided! The U.S. quietly imposed what amounts to a partial naval blockade on Venezuela banning sanctioned tankers from the region and reserving the right to seize them. Two ships get taken. A third one, Bella 1, bolts. Registers as Russian, slaps a Russian flag on its side, changes its name, and instantly upgrades from stateless scrap metal to under Moscow’s protection. That should’ve been the off-ramp. Instead, the U.S. takes it anyway, near Iceland, no less. Russia warns Washington not to touch it. Washington shrugs and does it anyway. Bad idea! This wasn’t about enforcing sanctions. It was about testing boundaries from the US and people are getting sick of it I know I am. And to understand why, you have to understand the so-called “dark fleet.” After Ukraine, Russia was cut out of Western shipping, insurance, and logistics. So Moscow adapted. Old tankers. No insurance. No flag. Over a thousand of them quietly moving - unfairly sanctioned oil by the country that doesn't even respect its own rules(The US) - from Russia, Iran, Venezuela keeping those economies breathing. Not thriving, while the US tries to destroy them with sections because that's what we do and then we claim we care about people in those countries, knowing rich are never hurt by the sections ever. For the U.S., these ships are leverage. Crack the fleet, squeeze Russia and Iran. That part is obvious. What’s less obvious but far more important is what Venezuela represents in this equation. Because here’s the part no one wants to say out loud: the U.S. helped destroy Venezuela’s oil industry, it is a fact! then acted shocked when Venezuela turned to China. Sanctions crippled production, financing, maintenance, and exports. Predictably, Caracas pivoted east. China stepped in, bought the oil, paid in ways that bypassed the dollar, and locked in long-term supply. That wasn’t Venezuela being rebellious that was survival. Now comes the plot twist. Suddenly, the U.S. wants Venezuelan oil again. Narcissistic empire woke up to more blood. Trump announces that Caracas will hand over 30 to 50 million barrels to the U.S., oil worth nearly $2 billion. He claims it’ll be sold at market price and that he will personally control the proceeds “for the benefit of the Venezuelan and American people.” laughable! That alone should set off alarms in international community and in very propagandized American peoples heads. Is Venezuela selling this oil? What is clear is that this oil was supposed to go to China. Now it won’t. And that’s the point. This was never really about oil. I've said this million time I do not like China I don't think China should be the dominant power in the world but I do think China should be One of them. Let’s drop the pretense. This isn’t about democracy or even oil. The real objective is financial and strategic: push China out, reassert dollar dominance, and fracture the BRICS alliance before it solidifies. Venezuela is just one pressure point in a broader effort to drag the world back into a unipolar system where Washington sets the rules and the dollar is unavoidable. And yes, I live in the United States. I want a strong dollar. A strong currency means stability and opportunity so yes of course I do. But not at any cost. Not at the expense of global stability, and not at the expense of my own freedom. Dollar supremacy today isn’t about helping Americans; it’s about empowering financial elites, the same ones who gave us predatory healthcare, too-big-to-fail banks, and corporate parasites that extract rather than create value. Absolute dollar dominance doesn’t lift working Americans out of poverty - it tightens financial control, strengthens banks that won’t hesitate to wipe you out, and gives corporations even less accountability. That’s not strength. That’s a gilded cage. A multipolar world isn’t a threat to America, it’s a pressure release valve. It forces competition, limits abuse, and restores balance. If Trump truly wants America first, someone sane in his cabinet needs to say this plainly: clinging to sole dollar dominance protects elite power, but it slowly hollows out American freedom. And that’s a bad deal. A very very bad deal for Americans. Look at the pattern. Sanction the producer. Block the buyer. Seize the transport. Redirect the supply. Control the proceeds. And above all send a message: alternatives to the dollar come with consequences. The problem? This strategy is outdated and dangerous. A world where countries have real alternatives forces competition, restraint, and balance. It weakens monopolies of power including monetary ones. Yes, it means the U.S. has to negotiate instead of dictate. That’s not weakness. That’s reality. What we’re seeing now naval seizures, legal gray zones, economic coercion dressed up as moral enforcement is what systems do when they fear losing control. And fear makes states sloppy. The irony is obvious: the U.S. sanctions Venezuela into collapse, then returns claiming to “stabilize” what it helped break, while quietly redirecting oil away from China. That’s not strategy, it’s contradiction wrapped in a flag. And it won’t stay in the Caribbean. It’s already touched the North Atlantic. The next response may not be symbolic. Russia and China aren’t watching because of one tanker, they’re watching the precedent. This is how miscalculations start.

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Last edited6:17 AM · Jan 8, 2026

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