US President Donald Trump said the airspace around Venezuela should be considered closed "in its entirety".

Venezuela has accused Donald Trump of making a “colonialist threat” after he said the airspace around the country should be considered closed.

The country’s foreign ministry called Trump’s comments “another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people”.

The US does not legally have the authority to close another country’s airspace, but Trump’s online post could lead to travel uncertainty and deter airlines from operating there.

  • xenomor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    59·
    19 hours ago

    I’m old enough to remember when trump would pretend to be opposed to foreign military adventures. He literally built his political career on shitting on the neocons that launched us into illegal wars like what we did in Iraq.

    • wheezy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      10 hours ago

      You’re not wrong. But what is missing is all the cult building that he did since them. He built his entire political career on mentioning things other politicians refused to mention and then gaining loyalty for it. While, at the same time, literally doing nothing about any of the popular ideas he mentioned.

    • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
      11·
      18 hours ago

      Im certain the nobel commitee is currently scrambling how to not give him an award without triggering an international incident.

      And the actions surrounding Venzuela kinda prove that Trump is willing to go to war to receive his peace price.