U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be on aboard Air Pressure One throughout journey to Palm Seaside, Florida, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., November 25, 2025.
Anna Rose Layden | Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.
Trump, in a Fact Social submit mentioned: “To all Airways, Pilots, Drug Sellers, and Human Traffickers, please contemplate THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.”
Final week, the U.S. aviation regulator warned main airways of a “doubtlessly hazardous state of affairs” when flying over Venezuela because of a “worsening safety state of affairs and heightened navy exercise in or round” the nation.
Venezuela revoked working rights for six main worldwide airways that had suspended flights to the nation following a warning from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
The Trump administration has accused Maduro of involvement in drug trafficking, a cost he has denied.
Maduro, in energy since 2013, has mentioned that Trump is in search of to oust him and that Venezuelan residents and the navy will resist any such try.
U.S. forces within the area have up to now centered on counter-narcotic operations, though the assembled firepower far outweighs something wanted for them.
They’ve carried out at the least 21 strikes on alleged drug boats within the Caribbean and Pacific since September, killing at the least 83 folks.