US President Donald Trump said, «We have made a lot of progress with Venezuela in terms of stopping the massive influx of drugs,» adding, «But we have a problem with Mexico and Colombia.»
«The amount of drugs entering our country has decreased,» he said, adding that «we are doing very well» during a question and answer session with the press aboard Air Force One.
Trump also stated that he had «more or less made up his mind» about Venezuela. He added that he cannot say «what could be» when a journalist asked him about the various meetings he has held with the Pentagon regarding military actions deployed in the Caribbean near Venezuela.
An hour before his departure from the White House, the Washington Post revealed exclusively that the president had met on Friday with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and other Pentagon officials to discuss «a range of options» on the table for advancing the military strategy against Venezuela.
An hour before his departure from the White House, the Washington Post revealed exclusively that the president had met on Friday with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and other Pentagon officials to discuss «a range of options» on the table for advancing the military strategy against Venezuela.
The capital city newspaper quoted an anonymous official who stated that the forces deployed in the Caribbean were awaiting orders to attack and respond to new operations.
The same official said that Trump is «very good at maintaining strategic ambiguity, and something he does very well is not dictate or convey to our adversaries what he wants to do next.»
In addition, the Southern Command released a new video of another vessel in the Caribbean being destroyed with four alleged drug traffickers on board, who were «killed,» according to the publication in X.
Since Thursday, the Trump administration has framed its military deployment near Venezuela under the name «Southern Spear,» a mission that has generated uncertainty due to the lack of details about its scope and which, according to Hegseth, aims to eliminate drugs being trafficked into U.S. territory.
