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DemMedic

(553 posts) Sat Nov 29, 2025, 10:23 AM 20 hrs ago

Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela should be considered closed

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Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety", but gave no further details as Washington ramps up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro's government.

"To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY," Trump said in a Truth Social post.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-says-airspace-above-surrounding-venezuela-be-closed-its-entirety-2025-11-29/

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Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela should be considered closed (Original Post) DemMedic 20 hrs ago OP

He is damned well determined to incite a third World War--against US! hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #1

He's determined to have their oil Bayard 19 hrs ago #4

On top of everything else ... now he's a WAR CRIMINAL! FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #2

trump does NOT have this power LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #3

There is little difference Zorro 19 hrs ago #5

After an alert and discussion with the hosts, locking. Emile 17 hrs ago #6

hlthe2b

(112,323 posts)

1. He is damned well determined to incite a third World War--against US!

Reply to DemMedic (Original post)

Sat Nov 29, 2025, 10:30 AM

20 hrs ago

Congressional security committees should be meeting to arrange his removal--by any means possible If they give a damn about the future

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Bayard

(28,025 posts)

4. He's determined to have their oil

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:51 AM

19 hrs ago

We shouldn't have to keep asking--Is this legal?

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FakeNoose

(39,698 posts)

2. On top of everything else ... now he's a WAR CRIMINAL!

Reply to DemMedic (Original post)

Sat Nov 29, 2025, 10:37 AM

20 hrs ago

This is what admiring and being beholden to Putin leads to....

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LetMyPeopleVote

(173,289 posts)

3. trump does NOT have this power

Reply to DemMedic (Original post)

Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:48 AM

19 hrs ago

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Zorro

(18,239 posts)

5. There is little difference

Reply to DemMedic (Original post)

Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:54 AM

19 hrs ago

between what Trump is intending to do and what Putin has done to Ukraine -- use a "Trumped-up" excuse to attack another country. In less than a year he has turned this country and its government from a model to the world into an aggressor nation despised by our neighbors and allies.

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Emile

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6. After an alert and discussion with the hosts, locking.

Reply to DemMedic (Original post)

Sat Nov 29, 2025, 01:12 PM

17 hrs ago

This is a duplicate post on the same news story posted earlier.

dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143573963

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