American officials preseed Trump with the option of a “ground attack on Venezuela”.
US media reported that the coury’s top military officials preseed the US preside with updated options for possible operations in Venezuela, including ground strikes.
According to RCO News Agency, Sources familiar with the White House said that US Secretary of War Pete Hegst, US Joi Chiefs of Staff General Dan Kaine and other senior officials briefed US Preside Donald Trump on military options against Venezuela.
However, two sources familiar with the talks told CBS News that no decision has been made yet.
The spokesmen of the White House and also the spokesperson of the Peagon have refused to comme in this regard.
“The US ielligence community has provided assistance to Venezuela in providing information for possible operations,” the sources said.
CBS News poied out that US National Ielligence Director Tulsi Gabbard did not participate in the White House talks on Wednesday due to her return from a foreign trip, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was also in Canada to participate in the Group of Seven foreign ministers’ meeting.
American officials announced on Tuesday that the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier strike group eered the Latin American region; An action that has significaly increased the level of military confroation with Venezuela.
In a stateme confirming the arrival of this ship, which was first published by “Reuters” news agency, the Peagon claimed that this operation was carried out with the aim of “disrupting drug trafficking and weakening and destroying transnational criminal organizations.”
Venezuelan Preside Nicolás Maduro has repeatedly indicated that the increase in US military presence in the region is aimed at overthrowing him. In August, Washington doubled the reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest to $50 million, accusing him of “connections to drug traffickers and criminal gangs”; A charge that Maduro has denied.
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