WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he would be placing a 25% tariff on all imports from any country that buys oil or gas from Venezuela as well as imposing new tariffs on the South American country itself.

Venezuela will face a “Secondary” tariff because it is the home to the gang Tren de Aragua, he said. The Trump administration is deporting immigrants that it claims are members of that gang who illegally crossed into the United States.

Trump’s latest tariffs threat suggests bolder moves will be taken against China, Venezuela’s largest foreign customer. The Trump administration has already levied universal 20% tariffs on imports from China as an effort to crack down on the illicit trade in fentanyl. — Associated Press