Four tankers that left Venezuela in 'dark mode' return as US eyes the country's oil

A flotilla of approximately one dozen loaded vessels as well as at least three empty ships left Venezuelan waters last month, despite a U.S. blockade that has been imposed since mid-December, according to Reuters.

One of the vessels, the supertanker M Sophia, which had the Panamanian flag, was intercepted by the U.S. earlier this week, as was the Olina, which had the flag of Sao Tome And Principe, according to Reuters. The outlet reported, citing PDVSA, that the Olina was released to Venezuela on Friday.

"You have total safety, total security. One of the reasons you couldn't go in is you had no guarantees, you had no security, but now you have total security," Trump said during the meeting. 

"It's a whole different Venezuela and Venezuela is going to be very successful, and the people of the United States are going to be big beneficiaries because we're going to be extracting, you know, numbers of in terms of oil, like, you know, few people have ever seen actually. So, you're dealing with us directly. You're not dealing with Venezuela at all. We don't want you to deal with Venezuela," the president added.

The president also predicted that the acquisition of Venezuelan oil would lead to massive wealth, lower taxes and "lots of jobs for Americans and for Venezuelans."

Fox News Digital's Emma Colton and Sophia Compton contributed to this report.