A report published by the Miami Herald on Friday claims that the US is planning to launch strikes against Venezuela, while President Donald Trump denies that he is considering any military action in the Latin American country.
According to the Miami Herald, the Trump administration has made a decision to target military installations within Venezuela “at any moment.”
Sources familiar with the situation indicated to the Herald that these strikes “could come at any moment.” The report suggests that these new strikes might occur within days or even hours.
One source cited in the paper hinted at a potential regime change in Venezuela, stating: “Maduro is about to find himself trapped and might soon discover that he cannot flee the country even if he wanted to.” This comment referred to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was sworn in this past January.
However, Trump denied the reports of imminent strikes, telling reporters on Friday that he has not made a final decision. He asserted that despite Washington’s “war on drugs,” his administration is not considering military strikes against Venezuela, appearing to contradict his own remarks from the previous week.
When asked by reporters if recent US strikes on vessels in the Caribbean, reportedly smuggling narcotics, could escalate into attacks against Venezuela itself, Trump simply replied: “No.”
In recent weeks, Trump has publicly stated that his administration will target alleged drug-related activities inside Venezuela, declaring: “The land is going to be next,” during a press conference last week.
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced on X that the US military on Wednesday had staged another deadly strike targeting a vessel sailing in the eastern Pacific, killing four people in the attack.
Hegseth said that since September 2, US forces had killed at least 61 people in the past days under the pretext of tackling drugs.
In a video accompanying his post, Hegseth showed a boat floating stationary in the water before a large explosion and subsequent fire on it.
CNN reports US President Donald Trump is considering strikes against Venezuela.
Pentagon officials admitted that the US War Department had no information about the identities of those people aboard the targeted boats.
Trump’s administration has ordered the biggest military buildup of US forces in the waters off Venezuela in the past decades.
Last week, it deployed the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, and five accompanying destroyers to the region.
UN experts have slammed the illegal military actions of US forces as “extrajudicial executions that violate international law.”
IMAGE CREDIT: In this photo taken on October 26, 2025, American warships led by the USS Gravely arrive at the Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad is 11 km off the northeast coast of Venezuela. (Photo by AFP)
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