U.S. President Donald Trump said he does not believe the United States is going to war with Venezuela despite growing tensions, though he suggested President Nicolás Maduro’s time in power may be nearing its end.
Speaking in an interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Trump was asked about recent U.S. actions in the Caribbean, including strikes on alleged drug-smuggling vessels and the deployment of an aircraft carrier to the region.
"Are we going to war against Venezuela?" host Norah O’Donnell asked.
"I doubt it. I don’t think so," Trump replied.
"But they’ve been treating us very badly, not only on drugs — they’ve dumped hundreds of thousands of people into our country that we didn’t want, people from prisons — they emptied their prisons into our country," he added.
When pressed on whether his administration’s actions were about drug trafficking or removing Maduro, Trump said they involved "many things." Asked if Maduro’s days were numbered, he responded, "I would say yeah. I think so, yeah."
The Pentagon last week confirmed it was sending the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, and its carrier air wing to the Caribbean. At the same time, the Trump administration has carried out multiple strikes on boats it says were smuggling narcotics from the region, resulting in dozens of deaths.
Two U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers also flew near Venezuela’s coast last week, according to flight-tracking data. Trump dismissed reports about their presence as "false," but added, "We’re not happy with Venezuela for a lot of reasons — drugs being one of them."
Trump also pushed back on speculation that he was planning strikes on Venezuelan military facilities, though he noted he would not publicly reveal such a decision before it happened.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told Masoud Pezeshkian, his Iranian counterpart, that violations of Turkish airspace by Iran could not be justified “for any reason whatsoever.”
Tensions in the region remained high on Tuesday (10 March), as the United States and Iran exchanged increasingly sharp warnings, including threats over the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery for global oil supplies.
China has urged Afghanistan and Pakistan to resolve their dispute through dialogue after Chinese envoy Yue Xiaoyong met Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, as fighting between the two neighbours entered its eleventh day.
Kazakhstan has evacuated more than 7,300 citizens from the Middle East since regional tensions escalated, using both air and land routes to bring nationals home while closely monitoring political developments and potential economic effects linked to rising oil prices.
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Norwegian police are searching for a suspect after an explosion at the U.S. embassy in Oslo on 8 March caused minor damage but no injuries, in what authorities say may have been a deliberate attack linked to the Middle East crisis.
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