Topline
President Donald Trump said Saturday the air space above Venezuela is to be closed, amid escalating tensions with the Venezuelan government and a military campaign against drug cartels off the coast of Venezuela.
President Donald Trump participates in a video call with military service members from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 27, 2025, during the Thanksgiving holiday. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)
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Key Facts
Trump instructed “Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers” to “please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY,” he wrote Saturday on Truth Social.
This is a developing story and will be updated.