Trump on Venezuela: "We Should Implement a Naval Blockade"

[TomSea]

Trump on Venezuela: "We Should Implement a Naval Blockade"
By Sabrina Martín

Trump has said in private that he is considering the possibility of a naval blockade, in order to force Nicolas Maduro out of Venezuela.

Last updated Aug 19, 2019
Nicolas Maduro is clinging onto power by virtue of the nation’s oil exports (pxhere).

The Trump administration has initiated negotiations with the most radical wing of Chavismo, while analyzing the possibility of implementing a naval blockade on Venezuela in order to reduce the revenue of the dictatorship.

According to Axios, the United States is assessing all possible options that end with the fall of Nicolás Maduro. Trump has apparently suggested to national security officials that his country should station ships along the Venezuelan coastline to prevent goods from entering and leaving the country. The proposal has come up repeatedly.

Axios explains that thus far officials close to Trump dismiss the idea of ​​a naval blockade because “it has no legal basis, and would absorb the resources of a Navy that is already overextended to counteract China and Iran.”

Read more at: https://panampost.com/sabrina-martin/2019/08/19/trump-on-venezuela-we-should-implement-a-naval-blockade/

[kidd]

Trump didn't actually say "We Should Implement a Naval Blockade"

Just do it.
We don't need a second Cuba in the Western hemisphere

[Fishrrman]

Fishrrman not-so-fearless prediction:

Something is comin' down the pike insofar as the US v. Venezuela goes.

Not sure what just yet.

[Absalom]

Hmm...................Trump running off at the mouth again.
What a shock, eh?
Whatever happened to his Venezuelan Savior, Juan Guaido???
He sure knows how to pick em', don't he!!!

[TomSea]

First off, I think some people call acts like what is in the headline "acts of war" but that said, here is a related story:

US Navy ‘ready’ for Venezuela mission, says a top commander
AFP, Rio de Janeiro Tuesday, 20 August 2019

The US Navy is ready to “do what needs to be done” on Venezuela, a top commander said on Monday, as America ramps up pressure on the crisis-wracked country.

US Southern Command chief Admiral Craig Faller made the remarks in Rio de Janeiro as the United States kicked off its annual UNITAS maritime exercise involving nine Latin American countries as well as the UK, Portugal and Japan.

“I won’t speak to details of what we’re planning and what we’re doing, but we remain ready to implement policy decisions and we remain on the balls of our feet,” Faller told reporters.

Read more at: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2019/08/20/US-navy-ready-for-Venezuela-mission-says-a-top-commander.html

This actually got posted at Drudge Report, so pretty good for al Araby but an AFP story after all.