Thousands of U.S. Marines are now some 15 miles off the shores of Venezuela, in one of the largest military buildups the region has ever seen.

As the military holds exercises in the region, President Trump is weighing his options, saying he's open to talks with President Nicolas Maduro, but military action remains a possibility.

"I don't rule that out or anything. We just have to take care of Venezuela," he told reporters. "They dumped hundreds of thousands of people into our country from prisons."

The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, is now in the Caribbean as part of what's being called the largest military presence there in decades.

It comes as the U.S. conducts airstrikes on alleged drug boats. The administration says it has so far destroyed over 20 vessels an

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