Trump says US not considering strikes in Venezuela
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The White House cast doubt on media reports suggesting President Donald Trump's administration is poised to strike military targets in Venezuela imminently.
Jordan Goudreau was arrested last year on weapons smuggling charges tied to the failed coup attempt undertaken during the first Trump administration.
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald,
The deployment of USS Gettysburg comes as a carrier strike group is also heading to the region, while Trump denies he is about to strike.
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President Donald Trump has made the decision to strike multiple Venezuela military installations, according to a new report from Miami Herald.
President Donald Trump on Friday denied reports that he's made a decision to strike inside Venezuela. "There are reports that you are considering strikes within Venezuela. Is that true?" a reporter asked the president on Air Force One as he traveled to Florida for the weekend.
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Hegseth declines to discuss possible US strikes in Venezuela, blames Dems on troop pay amid shutdown
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Documents show Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro drafted a letter asking Russia for missiles, radars and upgraded aircraft as U.S. forces amass in the Caribbean.
and counter narco-terrorism" in the region. Trump also recently authorized CIA operations on land in Venezuela. Air Force bombers have flown near Venezuela twice in recent days as well. More: Trump amps up military, CIA action against Venezuela.
Several U.S military bombers have flown from the continental U.S. down to the Caribbean in recent days. Flight tracking data showed two B-1 aircraft left Dyess Air Force Base in Texas on Thursday and approached Venezuela's coast. A U.S. official told the Associated Press that B-1s had carried out a training flight in the Caribbean.