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White House doesn’t rule out boots on the ground in Venezuela as Trump convenes top security team
President Trump has not ruled out US attacks on land against Venezuela as Trump convenes a White House meeting with his national security team.
The strikes, authorised by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, have raised fresh legality questions - but the White House says laws have been followed.
Venezuelan authorities said the U.S. government had unilaterally suspended a scheduled deportation flight that was due to land on December 12. The claim came in a statement issued by Venezuela’s Ministry of Justice on Thursday, which accused the U.S. of disrupting a process that had previously been agreed upon.
According to two U.S. officials, the Trump administration plans to hold the oil tanker it seized in waters near Venezuela at an American port in Texas but release the crew once the vessel docks. NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor details what else the White House is saying.