Trump in new threat to Venezuela

Donald Trump has announced the closure of airspace around Venezuela, indicating that air attacks might be imminent on drug-cartel targets in the country. Trump doesn't have the power or authority to close airspace over another country but he has effectively done just that by warning all airlines, as well as drug and human traffickers, to stay out of Venezuelan airspace. Obviously, Trump's telephone chat with Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan dictator, in the last few days can't have gone very well because in a Truth Social posting today, the USA president gave the strongest hint yet that he intends to authorise some form of interventionist military action. The US military is off or close to Venezuela in huge force, with the aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford, ready with its wing of fighter bombers to attack any targets on Trump's list. Plus there are now 15,000 military personnel, based on amphibious assault ships and on a base in Puerto Rico, all primed for action. The whole region is bristling with American firepower. Maduro has mobilised thousands of troops. But it's more likely the US will cary out airstrikes rather than put boots on the ground, although Trump has not ruled this out. So, it looks like the early stages of shooting suspected drug-carrying boats out of the water is nearing an end and the next stage aimed at eliminating Venezuela's cocaine-trafficking industry, and the political and military leaders who are allegedly linked to the cartels, is about to be launched. BUY AGENT REDRUTH, MY NEW SPY THRILLER, STARRING REBECCA STRONG.