The United States has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, marking a major escalation in tensions between Washington and Caracas and pushing oil prices higher. President Trump confirmed the operation, saying, "We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized actually". He then went on to warn "other things are happening so you'll be seeing that later." U.S. authorities, including the Coast Guard, FBI, and Homeland Security, executed a seizure warrant, boarding the tanker by…