
Rhetoric and 'gunboat' diplomacy: Is Trump pushing the US toward war with Venezuela?
United States President Donald Trump has threatened a ground invasion of Venezuela to disrupt what he claims is a vast drug-trafficking network. The US military has already deployed thousands of troops and dozens of warships to the Caribbean as a US air campaign that has killed at least 83 people continues. But how likely is an all-out war with their South American neighbour, really?
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December 2, 20259m 2s
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United States President Donald Trump has threatened a ground invasion of Venezuela to disrupt what he claims is a vast drug-trafficking network. The US military has already deployed thousands of troops and dozens of warships to the Caribbean as a US air campaign that has killed at least 83 people continues. But how likely is an all-out war with their South American neighbour, really?