{"id":3889,"date":"2025-11-30T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2025-11-30T23:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T23:19:00","slug":"what-is-driving-us-presidents-trumps-actions-against-venezuela-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3889","title":{"rendered":"What is driving US President\u2019s Trump\u2019s actions against Venezuela? | Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump declared Venezuela\u2019s airspace \u2018closed\u2019 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Venezuela has accused Washington of a \u201ccolonial threat\u201d against its sovereignty after US President Donald Trump said he was shutting down the country\u2019s airspace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Latin American nation is on high alert after United States attacks on boats nearby and a major military deployment in the Caribbean that includes the world\u2019s largest aircraft carrier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Trump says he is fighting drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But is that the real reason?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> Bernard Smith<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mark Pfeifle \u2013 US Republican strategist and a former White House deputy national security adviser<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Paul Dobson \u2013 Independent journalist and political analyst in Venezuela<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Christopher Sabatini \u2013 Senior research fellow for Latin America at Chatham House<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 30 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">30 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share dark-view\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump declared Venezuela\u2019s airspace \u2018closed\u2019 on Saturday. Venezuela has accused Washington of a \u201ccolonial threat\u201d against its sovereignty after US President Donald Trump said he was shutting down the country\u2019s airspace. The Latin American nation is on high alert after United States attacks on boats nearby and a major military deployment in the Caribbean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latin-america-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}