President Donald Trump on Monday announced a “Secondary Tariff” on Venezuela, declaring that any country that purchases oil or gas from them will be forced to pay an additional 25 percent on any trade they do with the U.S.
Citing violent Venezuelan gangs like Tren de Aragua (TdA), Trump wrote on Truth Social that the South American nation “has purposefully and deceitfully sent to the United States, undercover, tens of thousands of high level, and other, criminals, many of whom are murderers and people of a very violent nature”:
“Therefore, any Country that purchases Oil and/or Gas from Venezuela will be forced to pay a Tariff of 25 percent to the United States on any Trade they do with our Country,” the president explained, adding that the tariff will go into effect on April 2 — a date that he has labeled “Liberation Day in America.” April 2 has been the date previously mentioned by Trump as the day the country will launch “reciprocal tariffs” on nations that charge “us a tax or tariff,” Breitbart News reported.