Venezuela deploys navy to escort oil tankers past US blockade after Trump announces "total and complete blockade" of sanctioned vessels. Despite US warships including Gerald R. Ford carrier group off Venezuelan coast, US allows escorted tankers to pass, citing "various courses of action." Venezuela's Defense Minister says tankers sail with full naval security to exercise freedom of navigation. Embarrassing backdown for US after threatening to seize every tanker. Escalates tensions as Venezuela defies blockade. Analysis of whether US feared confrontation with Venezuelan Navy or calculated diplomacy to avoid kinetic force.
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