American officials presented Trump with the option of a “ground attack on Venezuela”.

According to RCO News Agency, Sources familiar with the White House said that US Secretary of War Pete Hegst, US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Kaine and other senior officials briefed US President 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 Pentagon have refused to comment in this regard.

“The US intelligence community has provided assistance to Venezuela in providing information for possible operations,” the sources said.

CBS News pointed out that US National Intelligence 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 entered the Latin American region; An action that has significantly increased the level of military confrontation with Venezuela.

In a statement confirming the arrival of this ship, which was first published by “Reuters” news agency, the Pentagon claimed that this operation was carried out with the aim of “disrupting drug trafficking and weakening and destroying transnational criminal organizations.”

Venezuelan President 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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