In a very literal sense, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro must have spent the weekend wondering whether he is coming or going.

On the one hand, the White House last week held out the possibility of him traveling to the United States for an unprecedented, face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump.

On the other hand, the US leader then spent the weekend indicating the prospect of military strikes to oust Venezuela’s leader from power.

Confusion abounded in both Washington and Caracas. It was fueled by Trump’s social media posting in which he claimed that he was closing Venezuelan air space , an apparent indication that an American ground assault on the country might be edging closer.

“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND

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