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What Happened Today – December 10, 2025

U.S. military personnel rappel from helicopter onto deck of Venezuelan oil tanker during seizure operation, marked UNCLASSIFIED

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted video of U.S. troops seizing a Venezuelan oil tanker Wednesday, offering no legal justification for the boarding one day after jets buzzed the Gulf. (U.S. Department of Defense via Hegseth social account on X.com)

Pay $1 million and Commerce Secretary Lutnick welcomes you to America as one of the “perfect people.” Show up poor and you get fighter jets circling your coast, your tanker seized, 7,000 troops at a militarized border. The gold card makes it official: there are two Americas now, and wealth is the visa. While Trump … Read more