President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered “closed in its entirety” as the United States continues to pressure the country's leader, President Nicolás Maduro, to step down.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP.”

The announcement comes after the President said this week that the United States would launch strikes inside Venezuela “very soon” against what he and his Administration have alleged are extensive drug trafficking networks in the country.

Those claims, however, have been inters

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