U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with senior Pentagon officials regarding Venezuela this Friday at the White House. “Various options” According to exclusive information, about the possibility of military action washington post.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chief of Staff Dan Kaine visited the White House for the second day in a row, and administration officials explained that the president had received a “set of options” and that the president was maintaining a “set of options.” “strategic ambiguity” about their future actions.
According to the paper, the closed meeting was postcame 24 hours after Hegseth made the announcement on his official X account The beginning of the military operation “Rance of the South” It operates on the African continent with the aim of combating drug trafficking, but does not elaborate on its objectives or specific activities.
Sources consulted by the newspaper assert that some US troops are deployed to the area. “They are preparing for a possible attack order.”
Another official quoted asserted that Washington is “well aware of what is happening in Venezuela and the conversations between President Maduro’s inner circle and the regime’s high command” and warned: Venezuela’s president is “very scared, and rightly so.”given the range of “harmful” options Trump has on the table.
Since August, the United States has significantly increased its military presence in the Southern Caribbean based on the following assumptions: Mission to eradicate drugs. Official sources said about 10,000 troops were sent and one of the US Army’s flagships, the Pentagon’s largest aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford, moved near the Venezuelan coast.
In October, President Trump declared that he would not rule out that possibility. Possibility of attack on ground targets Both Venezuela and Colombia have accused their presidents of being drug traffickers.
Meanwhile, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called on his people to prepare for an eventual “armed struggle” and announced the deployment of weapons. There are 200,000 soldiers in this country.
President Maduro: “Stop the war”
Meanwhile, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro this Friday called on Americans to stop this. “The mad hands of those who ordered the bombing” In that context, he denounces military deployments by North American countries in the Caribbean as a threat.
“What I want to say to myself in this moment is to the American people: stop the madness of those who order bombing, killing, and starting wars in South America and the Caribbean. Let’s stop war, no to war“President Maduro said this in a broadcast on state broadcaster Venezolana de Television (VTV).
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