Trump says he ‘type of’ selected what to do with Venezuela

U.S. President Donald Trump stated Friday (November 14, 2025) he has “sort of” made up his thoughts about Venezuela, as his escalating navy deployment in Latin America has ignited issues a couple of wider regional battle.

“I sort of made up my mind,” Mr. Trump advised reporters on Air Force One as he travelled to his property in Florida.

“I can’t tell you what it is, but we made a lot of progress with Venezuela in terms of stopping drugs from pouring in,” Mr. Trump added.

In latest weeks, Washington has deployed warships, fighter jets and 1000’s of troopers to Latin America and launched strikes on 21 alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing no less than 80 individuals.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest plane service, arrived in Latin America on Tuesday with the acknowledged aim of serving to to counter drug trafficking within the area.

But Caracas fears the U.S. navy deployment, which additionally consists of F-35 stealth warplanes despatched to Puerto Rico and US Navy ships within the Caribbean, is a regime change plot in disguise.

CBS News on Wednesday (November 12, 2025) cited a number of sources as saying senior navy officers had introduced Mr. Trump with up to date choices for potential operations in Venezuela, together with strikes on land.

On November 2, Mr. Trump downplayed the prospect of going to conflict with Venezuela however stated the times of Nicolas Maduro — whom he accuses of being a drug lord — had been numbered.

Colombia’s first leftist president, Gustavo Petro, has additionally alleged that the final word aim of the US deployment is to grab Venezuela’s oil wealth and destabilize Latin America.

Venezuela has introduced its personal nationwide navy deployment to counter the rising U.S. naval presence off its coast.