🚨BREAKING: WAR in Venezuela is expected to begin IMMINENTLY.
— Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) November 24, 2025
Several commercial flights to Venezuela have been canceled in recent days after the Federal Aviation Administration warned pilots to exercise caution when flying near the country due to the risk of heightened military activity.
The caution follows a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean. The Navy’s Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group has moved into the region, coinciding with recent strikes by the Trump administration on numerous small boats alleged to be trafficking drugs illegally. Those strikes have killed more than 80 people.
https://www.aol.com/articles/flights-venezuela-canceled-us-ramps-161651789.html
Some observers even think Trump’s ultimate goal may be regime change in Venezuela, seeking to force out the authoritarian Maduro, whose most recent election successive U.S. Administrations have not recognized as legitimate, and whom the State Department alleges to be the head of a cartel recently designated a terrorist organization—a move Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday brings “new options” to how the U.S. combats “narco-terrorism” in the region. Nothing, including a potential land-based operation, Hegseth said, was “off the table.”
But the thought of waging a new war with Venezuela is unpopular in the U.S.
A CBS News/YouGov poll conducted from Nov. 19-21 showed that 70% of respondents opposed U.S. military action in the South American country, and 56% believe any military action would have no effect on the amount of drugs entering the U.S.
And a November poll from Reuters and Ipsos also found that a majority of Americans believe the risks of U.S. military action in Venezuela outweigh the benefits, though attitudes largely split along party lines, with Republicans more supportive.