US EditionTrump Administration Could Directly Target Maduro And Seize Venezuela’s Oil Fields, Report Says
The Trump administration is weighing military strikes, oil field seizures, and covert CIA operations to counter Maduro’s regime and disrupt drug trafficking, with 10,000 troops deployed.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump's administration is weighing strikes on Venezuelan military targets and seizure of the nation's oil fields, though unnamed officials say no final decision has been made.
- Senior advisers including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller urged aggressive action to oust Nicolás Maduro, while officials sought Justice Department guidance and authorized CIA covert operations.
- Military posture shows a buildup in the Caribbean alongside strike operations, with the U.S. military stationing about 10,000 troops in Puerto Rico or off the Venezuelan coast and striking drug-trafficking vessels since September, causing at least 65 deaths.
- Those strikes have drawn bipartisan concern and legal questions, and after the Miami Herald reported deliberations last week, President Donald Trump denied strikes would occur and on 60 Minutes said `I doubt it` while refusing to rule out further strikes.
- Venezuela's oil reserves, estimated at 303 billion barrels, position the country as a long-term strategic target, with reports that Maduro is wanted on narco-trafficking charges and a $50 million reward from the State Department.
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From airstrikes to assassination, Trump weighs options against Venezuela’s Maduro: Report
US President Donald Trump is weighing options to move against Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, which range from airstrikes on strategic locations to special forces' missions to capture or kill him, according to a report.
After Donald Trump sent 10 military ships and 10,000 troops to the Caribbean Sea, a future attack on Venezuela, which Washington claims to be a center of drug trafficking, seems inevitable now. However, the purpose of military actions declared by the US President is not only limited to the overthrow of the government of Nicolas Maduro, but also to the destruction of the regime in Cuba by breaking up the oil supplies in Venezuela, which would ful…
Trump Weighs Airstrikes, Special Ops in Venezuela as Hawks Push Maduro-as-Narco Narrative
WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews) — President Donald Trump is considering military options ranging from airstrikes to special-operations seizures and oil-field takeovers in Venezuela, moves that could place U.S. troops and civilians in grave danger, according to sources familiar with the deliberations. Administration hawks are advancing a narrative portraying Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro as the head of […]
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