U.S. forces on Wednesday seized two oil tankers, one in the North Atlantic and the other in the Caribbean, as part of the Trump administration’s blockade of Venezuela’s oil exports. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will take between 30 million and 50 million barrels of oil and sell it on the open market, with the money then controlled by the U.S. and dispersed in a way he said would benefit the Venezuelan people rather than corruption or the regime. Democrats criticized the plan, with Sen. Chris Murphy calling it “insane” and accusing the administration of stealing Venezuelan oil at gunpoint to micromanage the country.

U.S. forces on Wednesday seized two oil tankers, one in the North Atlantic and the other in the Caribbean, as part of the Trump administration’s blockade of Venezuela’s oil exports. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will take between 30 million and 50 million barrels of oil and sell it on the open market, with the money then controlled by the U.S. and dispersed in a way he said would benefit the Venezuelan people rather than corruption or the regime. Democrats criticized the plan, with Sen. Chris Murphy calling it “insane” and accusing the administration of stealing Venezuelan oil at gunpoint to micromanage the country.