Trump Plans to Punish Venezuelan Energy Customers


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Countries that buy or sell gasoline from Venezuela soon will be looking at a 25% tariff on goods they export to the US, President Trump said in a social media post Monday. The move appears to be punishment for what reasons that Trump said include sending thousands of criminal migrants, "many of whom are murderers and people of a very violent nature" to the US. He provided no evidence for that claim, USA Today reports. The tariff would take effect April 2, when his reciprocal tariffs kick in. "In addition, Venezuela has been very hostile to the United States and...