From Dan Savino’s show page on Facebook
Trump Isn’t “Pirating Ships” — He Must Seize and Sell 300 Venezuelan Oil Tankers to Satisfy an International Court Judgment Owed to U.S. Companies
A lot of people are reacting emotionally to the idea of oil tankers being seized, but most of the outrage comes from not understanding what is actually being discussed.
So let’s slow this down and explain it clearly, legally, and step by step.
This is not war.
This is not piracy.
This is judgment enforcement — the same principle used every day when courts seize bank accounts, property, aircraft, or cargo from someone who lost in court and refuses to pay.
- What Venezuela did (the part that always gets skipped)
In the 2000s, under Hugo Chávez, Venezuela seized oil projects owned by foreign companies, including major U.S. firms such as ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips.
This wasn’t a policy disagreement.
It was expropriation:
• Contracts were broken
• Assets were taken
• Compensation that had been agreed to was not paid
That is not controversial. It is historical fact. - What the courts decided
Those U.S. companies didn’t complain on social media.
They went to international arbitration and U.S. courts — the proper legal venues.
They won.
The rulings were:
• Final
• Binding
• Enforceable
Venezuela lost and was ordered to pay tens of billions of dollars in damages. - The real problem: Venezuela refused to pay
Here is the key point most critics ignore:
Venezuela refused to comply with the court judgments.
In any legal system — domestic or international — when a party:
• Loses in court
• Owes a judgment
• Refuses to pay
…the law allows creditors to seize commercial assets belonging to the debtor outside its borders to satisfy the judgment.
This is called judgment enforcement.
Countries do not get a free pass simply because they are countries. - Why oil tankers even enter the conversation
Venezuela’s primary commercial asset is oil.
Oil moves on oil tankers.
Those tankers:
• Carry state-owned Venezuelan oil
• Are commercial property, not military or diplomatic assets
• Can be lawfully seized by court order in cooperating jurisdictions
This is no different in principle from seizing:
• A bank account
• A plane
• A shipment of goods
Calling this “piracy” is legally incorrect.
Piracy is theft without lawful authority.
This is court-ordered seizure to collect a debt already ruled on. - The math everyone avoids
Let’s use conservative, realistic numbers so no one can claim exaggeration.
• Estimated unpaid court judgments: ~$35 billion
• Oil price used: $62 per barrel
• Typical large oil tanker (VLCC): ~2 million barrels
Value of one full tanker:
• Gross value: ~$124 million
• Net value after realistic court-sale discounts: ~$115 million
Now do the math:
$35,000,000,000 ÷ $115,000,000 ≈ 300 tankers
That’s where the number comes from.
Not one tanker.
Not ten.
About three hundred.
One tanker only covers about one-third of one percent of what Venezuela owes.
- What this means — and what it does NOT mean
This does not mean:
• Tankers are being randomly grabbed
• This is a military action
• The goal is punishment
It does mean:
• Courts already ruled
• A debt legally exists
• Enforcement is the only option left when payment is refused
When Donald Trump talks about seizing oil shipments, he is not inventing a new power.
He is talking about using existing legal authority to enforce judgments Venezuela already lost.
In plain English:
You took property, you lost in court, you refused to pay — so your commercial assets are seized and sold until the debt is satisfied.
That is how the rule of law works.
- Why you don’t see hundreds of tankers seized
Because enforcement is:
• Legally narrow
• Jurisdiction-dependent
• Deliberately targeted
Venezuela also structured its exports to:
• Avoid enforceable ports
• Use intermediaries
• Break shipments into smaller pieces
So tanker seizures are rare, careful, and strategic, not mass roundups.
Tankers are leverage, not a magic wand.
The bottom line
• Venezuela seized U.S. assets
• Venezuela lost in international court
• Venezuela refuses to pay
• The debt is ~$35 billion
• A tanker is worth ~$115 million net
• It would take ~300 Venezuelan oil tankers to make the judgment whole
This is lawful enforcement, not piracy.
This is accounting, not aggression.
This is what happens when court rulings are ignored.
People arguing “this sounds extreme” are missing the most important fact:
The court already decided.
Once that , enforcement isn’t optional — it happens, inevitable.
Everything else flows from that reality.
Notes to Readers:
Having been brought up in America, I regard the education system here to be one of the worst on the planet, at least in a supposedly first world nation. I’ve learned more outside of school than I did inside the classroom.
In this instance, the seizure of Venezuelan ships, the outrage is generated by people who have no understanding of international law or the actions taken by Venezuela on behalf of its actual rulers, globalists of the worst kind, whether CCP, EU, Zionists or whatever.
Liberals, even highly educated ones with huge student debt, are the worst off, being indoctrinated drones within a Rockefeller (Rothschild) system to develop mindless obedient workers, responsive to trigger words and phrasing, to cut-off the soul from the heart and mind. What we’re seeing now especially in the blue cities and Congress, are such examples of the erosion of the ability of some Americans to think for themselves, to see beyond the propaganda spewed out through various media sources.
Each of us has a responsibility to move beyond what is being fed to us, poisoned propaganda designed to make humans hate themselves… and look within, rediscovering the connection with Source that makes us whole and healed, again.
This operation being taken by the Trump administration and enacted by highly trained military forces is especially courageous. Trump is aware of the opposition, coming from both foreign and domestic actors. Yet, it is necessary to notify through actions to the remaining Deep State minions that unless they fully surrender, they’re next. Our special operations units have already proven there is no place on the planet safe if they’re being targeted.
I’m loving it, warrior that I have been for lifetimes. This time, my pen or rather my laptop, is my choice of weapon.
Be open-minded if you don’t immediately comprehend what is going on. These ship seizures are stripping the Deep State of its income and ability to traffic anything, including oil, drugs, children / humans, arms, inside these huge ships.
False flag events will be taking place, so be very aware when in public spaces. Stay safe.
Eliza Ayres
Sunny's Journal 