President Trump just closed the airspace over Venezuela, telling anyone – including criminals – to consider the airspace closed in its entirety.
He put this out on both Truth Social and X:
This feels like something big militarily is about to happen.
It also comes after a reported phone call between Trump and Maduro last week:
REUTERS – U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro last week and discussed a possible meeting between them in the United States, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing multiple people with knowledge of the matter.
The newspaper added that there were no plans at the moment for such a meeting, which – if it occurred – would be the first-ever encounter between the authoritarian Venezuelan leader and a U.S. president.
The revelation of the phone call comes as Trump continues to use bellicose rhetoric toward Venezuela, while also entertaining the possibility of diplomacy. Trump had previously indicated he would be open to speaking with Maduro, though the Times report indicates that such a conversation has already happened.
The Trump administration has described Maduro as an illegitimate leader, who leads a drug trafficking organization known as Cartel de los Soles, an allegation Caracas denies.
Doing this would generally be considered an act of war so odds are pretty good something kinetic is in the works.
ReplyDeleteYeah, this is an indication that there is something in the works in the immediate future. Trump is trying to force Maduro to jump ship to preserve his own skin. I think we'll see a response very soon.
DeleteI recollect once upon a time maduro was about to bail and a couple of Russian planes loaded with special forces landed and convinced him he should go back to his palace and take orders. I don’t think the Russian planes will be permitted this time. No idea if there are enough ccp and Cuban troops in country to keep him in power now. Interesting times
ReplyDeleteYes indeed. Fixin' to get interesting.
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