"The Answer is Yes," Trump Confirms Conversation with Nicolás Maduro

U.S. President Donald Trump assured journalists today that he had a telephone conversation with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, although he did not elaborate on the details.

“I don’t want to comment on it; the answer is yes,” said Trump. “I wouldn’t say it went well or badly. It was a telephone call,” indicated the Republican leader when asked about it this Sunday aboard the presidential aircraft Air Force One.

Trump also stated that his warning about a “total shutdown” of the airspace over and around Venezuela was not a sign that an aerial attack is imminent. “Don’t assume anything about that,” added the president.

The current occupant of the Oval Office justified the airspace matter because “we consider Venezuela not a very friendly country.”

Trump issued a broad directive on Saturday regarding the shutdown of airspace over and around Venezuela as part of his escalating campaign of psychological and maximum pressure against the South American nation.

On Truth Social, his internet platform, Trump wrote: “To all airlines, pilots, drug traffickers, and human traffickers, please consider the airspace over and around Venezuela closed in its totality.”

The warning-threat comes after Trump suggested he would be considering new measures against alleged drug trafficking networks operating in Venezuela and stated that ground attacks would begin “very soon,” despite having recently suggested that diplomatic channels could be opened to lower tensions.

“You’ve probably noticed that people don’t want to make deliveries by sea, and we will start stopping them by land as well,” stated the Republican leader yesterday, pointing out that “by land is easier, but that will start very soon.”

Just over a week ago, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration urged commercial airlines to “exercise extreme caution” when flying over Venezuela and the southern Caribbean due to what they termed “a potentially dangerous situation in the region.”

In areas of the Caribbean, the U.S. Armed Forces have assembled in recent months more than a dozen warships, the world's largest aircraft carrier, and some 15,000 soldiers as part of what the Pentagon called “Operation Southern Lance.”

For observers, this is the largest U.S. deployment in the region in decades and constitutes a direct threat against Venezuela, the current target of the aggressive foreign policy of the former 2025 Nobel Peace Prize candidate.

While these alarming reports go viral, the reality in Venezuela shows peace and normality: “the streets breathe security, joy, and a deep patriotic character,” emphasized Venezuelan journalist and presenter Clara Vega.