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U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday (November 14, 2025) helium has "sort of" made up his caput astir Venezuela, arsenic his escalating subject deployment successful Latin America has ignited concerns astir a wider determination conflict.
"I benignant of made up my mind," Mr. Trump told reporters connected Air Force One arsenic helium travelled to his property successful Florida.
"I can't archer you what it is, but we made a batch of advancement with Venezuela successful presumption of stopping drugs from pouring in," Mr. Trump added.
In caller weeks, Washington has deployed warships, combatant jets and thousands of soldiers to Latin America and launched strikes connected 21 alleged drug-smuggling boats, sidesplitting astatine slightest 80 people.
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest craft carrier, arrived successful Latin America connected Tuesday with the stated extremity of helping to antagonistic cause trafficking successful the region.
But Caracas fears the U.S. subject deployment, which besides includes F-35 stealth warplanes sent to Puerto Rico and US Navy ships successful the Caribbean, is simply a authorities alteration crippled successful disguise.
CBS News connected Wednesday (November 12, 2025) cited aggregate sources arsenic saying elder subject officials had presented Mr. Trump with updated options for imaginable operations successful Venezuela, including strikes connected land.
On November 2, Mr. Trump downplayed the imaginable of going to warfare with Venezuela but said the days of Nicolas Maduro — whom helium accuses of being a cause lord — were numbered.
Colombia's archetypal leftist president, Gustavo Petro, has besides alleged that the eventual extremity of the US deployment is to prehend Venezuela's lipid wealthiness and destabilize Latin America.
Venezuela has announced its ain nationwide subject deployment to antagonistic the increasing U.S. naval beingness disconnected its coast.
