President Trump to Make 'Major Announcement' Today With War Secretary Hegseth, Navy Secretary Phelan

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Later today, President Trump — along with Secretary of War Pete Hegseith and Navy Secretary John Phelan — will be making a major announcement, according to reports.

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump will be making a “major announcement” with War Secretary Hegseth and Navy Secretary Phelan TOMORROW (Monday) at 4:30pm ET
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What are we thinking it is this time? pic.twitter.com/tOqPYAgdRB
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 22, 2025

The announcement will come from Mar-a-Lago, where the President is spending the holidays, and follows the seizure of a second and third oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

Here's more from The Independent:

President Donald Trump is scheduled to make an announcement alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan from his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Monday afternoon.
The event has been set for 4:30 p.m. ET, but no further details have yet been revealed about what the president intends to say.
However, the development comes after the Coast Guard seized a second sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela over the weekend and announced it was “pursuing” a third.

After the capture of the second tanker, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted a statement to social media that said, "The United States will continue to pursue the illicit movement of sanctioned oil that is used to fund narco-terrorism in the region. We will find you, and we will stop you."

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The Independent also cites an unnamed U.S. official who said, "The United States Guard is in active pursuit of a sanctioned dark-fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela's illegal sanctions evasion. It is flying a false flag and under a judicial seizure order."

As Townhall reported yesterday, it appeared the U.S. had already boarded that third tanker.

https://t.co/B62y7unun9 If I had to guess, it would not be about invading Venezuela. But it would be about enforcing the blockade and trying to strangle Venezuela economically. The nice thing about a blockade is no boots on the ground, no collateral damage, and few casualties, if…
— John Bulkeley (@bulkeley_john) December 22, 2025

The last time President Trump addressed the nation, the Left speculated he would be announcing a war with Venezuela. That speech, instead, touted many of his first-year wins and announced a Warrior Dividend payment to members of the U.S. military.

If Phelan's going to be there, it could be announcing a push to ramp up ship building (to counter China); or, a naval interdiction of Venezuela; or, an announcement about how they're naming the next carrier after Trump. https://t.co/x3WPe12J8V
— Raven King (@RexCorvinus) December 22, 2025

They're all possibilities.

Before speculation runs wild. let’s hear the announcement first, then judge the impact. Context matters.
— WorldbestBiz (@ozuemevans5) December 22, 2025

Townhall will cover the announcement this afternoon.

Considering it's the week of Christmas I don't think he'll be saying we're going to attack anyone. Probably going to go over the bombing of ISIS in Syria. https://t.co/NcnlFoI3oG
— Shannon (@ShanniLilbit70) December 22, 2025

The administration did vow to retaliate after two American soldiers and a civilian translator were killed in Syria.

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