{"id":32767,"date":"2025-11-01T00:02:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T00:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investmentbankingrules.com\/?p=32767"},"modified":"2025-11-01T00:02:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T00:02:43","slug":"white-house-responds-to-reports-of-trump-preparing-to-hit-military-targets-inside-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investmentbankingrules.com\/?p=32767","title":{"rendered":"White House responds to reports of Trump preparing to hit military targets inside Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"

The White House pushed back on media reports suggesting that President Donald Trump\u2019s administration had identified, and was imminently poised to strike, military targets within Venezuela.\u00a0
\nAlthough Trump has signaled for weeks he\u2019s prepared to launch land operations against Venezuela, the White House cast doubt on the new media reports.
\n\u2018Unnamed sources don\u2019t know what they\u2019re talking about,\u2019 White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a Friday statement to Fox News Digital. \u2018Any announcements regarding Venezuela policy would come directly from the President.\u2019
\nThe Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Trump administration had identified military targets within Venezuela that are being used to transport drugs, although the news outlet said that Trump hadn\u2019t formalized a decision on whether he would launch land strikes against these targets.<\/p>\n

Trump told reporters Friday on Air Force One a decision hadn\u2019t been made about whether he would strike military targets within Venezuela, Bloomberg News reported.\u00a0
\nAdditionally, the Miami Herald reported Friday that the administration had decided to conduct strikes against these military installations within Venezuela that could come \u2018in a matter of days or even hours.\u2019
\nBoth the Journal and the Miami Herald cited anonymous sources familiar with the plans.\u00a0
\nThe Herald reported that the pending strikes were part of a larger effort the Trump administration is initiating to crack down on the Cartel de los Soles, which Attorney General Pam Bondi has said Venezuela\u2019s President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro heads up.
\nThe Trump administration does not recognize Maduro as a legitimate head of state, and the administration beefed up the reward for information leading to Maduro\u2019s arrest to $50 million, claiming he is \u2018one of the largest narco-traffickers in the world.\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the U.S. military has ramped up its attacks against alleged drug boats in Latin America \u2014 totaling at least 14 strikes since the beginning of September. Additionally, Trump has instructed the U.S. Navy\u2019s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, to head to the region.
\nBrent Sadler, a senior fellow for naval warfare and advanced technology at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, said that the carrier\u2019s presence means Trump has additional resources to conduct more strikes against cartels. Meanwhile, Trump has routinely said for weeks he may move ahead with land operations against Venezuela next, in addition to his sea strikes.
\n\u2018The Ford\u2019s arrival in SOUTHCOM area is not unprecedented but given the ongoing attacks on Cartel boats significant. I see this move as intended to deter Venezuela from escalating the crisis and providing the President extra options should he want to increase the attacks on the Cartels,\u2019 Sadler said in an email to Fox News Digital Monday. \u2018That said, I would anticipate the Ford\u2019s air wing being very active in air surveillance and defense.\u2019<\/p>\n

After news broke that the Ford would head to the region, Maduro accused Trump of \u2018fabricating a new eternal war.\u2019
\n\u2018They promised they would never again get involved in a war, and they are fabricating a war,\u2019 Maduro said in a national broadcast on Friday.
\nEven so, not all lawmakers are on board with Trump\u2019s strikes in Latin America. Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., introduced a war powers resolution in October to bar U.S. armed forces from engaging in \u2018hostilities\u2019 against Venezuela.
\n\u2018The Trump administration has made it clear they may launch military action inside Venezuela\u2019s borders and won\u2019t stop at boat strikes in the Caribbean,\u2019 Schiff said in an Oct. 17 statement.
\nFox News Digital reached out to the Department of War and has not yet received a response.\u00a0
\nThis is a breaking news story and will be updated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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