{"id":32095,"date":"2025-09-15T12:03:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investmentbankingrules.com\/?p=32095"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:03:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:03:56","slug":"trump-says-well-see-what-happens-when-asked-about-possibility-of-striking-venezuela-amid-rising-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investmentbankingrules.com\/?p=32095","title":{"rendered":"Trump says \u2018we\u2019ll see what happens\u2019 when asked about possibility of striking Venezuela amid rising tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump on Sunday responded vaguely to questions about the possibilities of the U.S. striking mainland Venezuela as well as additional drug-smuggling boats amid rising tensions between the two countries.
\nTrump answered several questions about Venezuela while speaking to reporters in Morristown, New Jersey, on Sunday \u2014 including the possibility of striking the country and whether he fears escalation from President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.
\n\u2018We\u2019ll see what happens,\u2019 Trump said on Sunday in response to a question about the likelihood of a U.S. strike on the Latin American nation. \u2018Look, Venezuela is sending us their gang members, their drug dealers and drugs. It\u2019s not acceptable.\u2019<\/p>\n

The president also said that the number of boats seen off the coast of Venezuela, where his administration recently bolstered the U.S. Navy\u2019s presence, has decreased significantly.
\n\u2018We\u2019ll see what happens,\u2019 Trump told reporters for a second time when asked if he intends to launch additional strikes on Venezuelan drug-smuggling boats. \u2018There\u2019s certainly not a lot of boats out there. \u2026. There\u2019s been very little boat traffic.\u2019<\/p>\n

When asked on Sunday if he was concerned about a possible escalation from Maduro, who has labeled some of Trump\u2019s actions illegal, Trump pointed to the millions of drug deaths that occurred in the U.S. last year.
\n\u2018What\u2019s illegal are the drugs on the boat, and the drugs that are being sent into our country and the fact that 300 million people died last year from drugs, that\u2019s what\u2019s illegal,\u2019 Trump fired back.<\/p>\n

The remarks from Trump come amid escalating tensions after a U.S. military strike earlier this month blew apart a Venezuelan drug boat in the southern Caribbean, leaving nearly a dozen suspected Tren de Aragua (TdA) narco terrorists dead. On Saturday, Venezuela\u2019s foreign minister accused U.S. Navy personnel of boarding a tuna boat with nine fishermen in Venezuelan waters, according to The Associated Press.
\n\u2018A lot of drugs are coming out of Venezuela. A lot of Tren de Aragua,\u2019 Trump told reporters. \u2018They\u2019re trying to get out, but we\u2019re stopping them successfully at the border in Venezuela.\u2019
\nIn February, the Trump administration also designated drug cartel groups like Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel and others as foreign terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n

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