Donald Trump, Venezuela
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Trump Administration Could Directly Target Maduro And Seize Venezuela’s Oil Fields, Report Says
President Donald Trump is reviewing plans to potentially target Venezuela, including potential military strikes, seizing Venezuelan oil fields or even removing President Nicolas Maduro from power, according to a report published in The New York Times on Tuesday—although Trump has reportedly not made a decision on the matter.
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The drumbeat for some kind of military action against Venezuela keeps getting louder. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Trump administration had identified land targets that could be struck in the South American nation.
Officials in Washington say the U.S. has identified key targets inside Venezuela that are tied to drug trafficking operations.
If Trump decides to pull the trigger on military strikes, he’d likely have three options – covert action; limited air strikes on sites like airports and ports; or a full-scale military invasion similar to the 1989 U.S. operation in Panama coined "Operation Just Cause."
Donald Trump's team has been on a boat strike spree, hitting boats he says are carrying drugs in the Caribbean and the Pacific. How many people died?
US President Donald Trump is considering a range of military options aimed at Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, including strikes on military units protecting him or even operations to seize oil fields,
The New York Times has just published an excellent editorial on the dangerous direction in which America is headed under President Trump. It is entitled “Are We
Russia has previously provided Venezuela with Buks and S-300VMs. It has also received 21 Su-30MK2 Flanker fighters that are capable of air defense missions, but they can also sling supersonic anti-ship missiles, as well as flying other types of missions.
Trump all over the map on Venezuela strikes, plans to ignore the War Powers Resolution, insists China and Russia doing underground nuke tests.