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DemMedic

(561 posts) Sat Nov 29, 2025, 10:23 AM Nov 29

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 Nov 29 OP

He is damned well determined to incite a third World War--against US! hlthe2b Nov 29 #1

He's determined to have their oil Bayard Nov 29 #4

On top of everything else ... now he's a WAR CRIMINAL! FakeNoose Nov 29 #2

trump does NOT have this power LetMyPeopleVote Nov 29 #3

There is little difference Zorro Nov 29 #5

After an alert and discussion with the hosts, locking. Emile Nov 29 #6

hlthe2b

(112,627 posts)

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

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Sat Nov 29, 2025, 10:30 AM

Nov 29

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

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4. He's determined to have their oil

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Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:51 AM

Nov 29

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

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FakeNoose

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

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Sat Nov 29, 2025, 10:37 AM

Nov 29

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

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LetMyPeopleVote

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3. trump does NOT have this power

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Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:48 AM

Nov 29

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Zorro

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5. There is little difference

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Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:54 AM

Nov 29

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.

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Sat Nov 29, 2025, 01:12 PM

Nov 29

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

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

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