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The dogs of war are barking. Commercial airplanes were reportedly avoiding Venezuelan airspace yesterday morning, hours after Donald Trump declared that bit of sky “CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.” It’s unclear how much the post and the clear skies are directly related. A slew of international airlines were already steering clear of Venezuela days before the post.
Trump’s allies are promising what comes next will be limited. “He’s made it very clear we’re not going to put troops into Venezuela. What we’re trying to do is protect our own shores,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin told CNN yesterday.
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That doesn’t seem to jibe with a bombshell report in the Miami Herald over the weekend alleging that a phone call earlier this month between Trump and the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, quickly went south. Trump reportedly made a blunt offer to his counterpart: Save your life by leaving the country immediately, or risk the consequences.