Trump downplays Venezuelan airspace ‘closure’ after Maduro phone call
The article reports on President Donald Trump’s recent remarks regarding tensions with Venezuela. Despite having declared Venezuelan airspace “closed in its entirety” as part of increased pressure on the Maduro regime, Trump downplayed the significance of this move, advising not to overinterpret it. He also commented briefly on a phone call with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, saying it neither went well nor badly. The U.S. has heightened tensions by assembling a naval presence in the Caribbean and carrying out strikes on suspected drug boats linked to Venezuela. Additionally, the U.S. designated Venezuela’s “Cartel de los Soles” as a foreign terrorist institution,a step that enables expanded sanctions but does not authorize military action. Controversy surrounds reported strike orders allegedly given by War Secretary Pete Hegseth, wich he has denied. the situation indicates escalating U.S. pressure on Maduro’s government, though trump remains reserved about the details and implications.
Trump downplays Venezuelan airspace ‘closure’ after Maduro phone call
President Donald Trump was mum on recent developments with Venezuela on Sunday, even after he declared its airspace “closed” and spoke with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Trump spoke to the press aboard Air Force One a day after he said the airspace over and around Venezuela is now “closed in its entirety,” a major escalation in the United States’s pressure tactics on the regime.
However, Trump downplayed the move to reporters, saying “don’t read anything” into his statement.
He was similarly silent on any details about his phone call with Maduro, which reportedly happened two weeks ago.
“I wouldn’t say it went well, or badly. It was a phone call,” Trump said.
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump had a CALL with NICOLAS MADURO 👀👀
“Yes…I wouldn’t say it went well, or badly. It was – a phone call.” pic.twitter.com/vGvfsJsSRK
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 30, 2025
HEGSETH’S REPORTED ‘KILL EVERYBODY’ ORDER IN DRUG BOAT STRIKE DRAWS SENATE SCRUTINY
Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela have increased as the U.S. has amassed an armada in the Caribbean and has conducted strikes on alleged drug boats departing from Venezuela. Those strikes have recently received scrutiny after a report that War Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a follow-up strike to kill two survivors of a September attack. Hegseth has denied the story, calling it “fabricated.”
The U.S. government also recently designated the “Cartel de los Soles,” a cartel linked to Maduro, as a foreign terrorist organization. The move gives the administration more ability to target the cartel with sanctions and block access to the U.S. banking system, though it doesn’t automatically authorize lethal military force.
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