Washington: US President Donald Trump said that he has not yet decided whether the United States will launch ground strikes inside Venezuela, contradicting media reports of looming attacks on military facilities in the South American country.

“No, it’s not true,” Trump told reporters while boarding Air Force One when asked if he had made the decision.

Earlier in the day, the Miami Herald outlet reported that the Trump administration had decided to launch strikes against military installations within Venezuela that could come “in a matter of days or even hours.”

Since September 2, US forces have sunk 15 vessels in international waters in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific alleged to be trafficking drugs, resulting in at least 61 deaths.

Pentagon officials admitted they do not know the id

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