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A new wave of uncertainty hits US–Venezuela relations as President Donald Trump confirms he held a phone call with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — but refuses to reveal what was discussed. Trump downplayed the significance of his recent warning declaring Venezuelan airspace “closed,” insisting it does not signal an imminent military strike.

The revelation came just moments before Maduro made his first public appearance in days, quelling speculation that he had fled the country. Appearing at a coffee awards event in Caracas, Maduro declared Venezuela “indestructible, untouchable, unbeatable,” in what appeared to be a veiled response to rising tensions with Washington.

With both leaders staying vague about their exchange and rhetoric escalating, questions grow over what the phone call really meant — and what could come next.


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00:00You had a phone call with Wintereau, did you?
00:02I don't want to comment on it. The answer is yes.
00:05Can you tell us a little bit about it?
00:06No, I can't do that. We consider Venezuela to be not a very friendly country.
00:10They said millions of people, really, and probably a number in excess of that.
00:16And a lot of those people shouldn't be in our country, from jails, from gangs, from drug dealers,
00:22from all of the people that came into our country shouldn't have been in our country,
00:26causing a lot of problems.
00:27Does your warning?
00:28And drugs.
00:30Does your warning mean that an airstrike is imminent, or should we not read it that way?
00:34Don't read anything into it.
00:36The New York Times reported that you had a phone call with Wintereau, did you?
00:39I don't want to comment on it. The answer is yes.
00:42Can you tell us a little bit about it?
00:43No, I can't do that.
00:44Mr. Kirsten, would you say it went well?
00:48I wouldn't say it went well or badly. It was a phone call.
00:52Well, number one, I don't know that that happened.
00:56And Pete said he did not want them.
00:59He didn't even know what people were talking about.
01:02So we'll look into it.
01:04But no, I wouldn't have wanted that, not a second strike.
01:08The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
01:11And if there were two people around, but Pete said that didn't happen.
01:14Does that make you...
01:15I have great confidence.
01:16Do you think there was a second strike?
01:17I don't know. I'm going to find out about it.
01:20But Pete said he did not order the death of those two men.
01:24Do you have any concerns about how those boat strikes have been carried out at all?
01:28Very little, because you can see the boats.
01:30You can see the drugs in the boats.
01:32And each boat is responsible for killing 25,000 Americans.
01:36So they're doing an amazing job.
01:40And you know, we're getting...
01:41You just look at the numbers.
01:43The amount of drugs coming into our country by sea is infinitesimal compared to what it was just a few months ago.
01:50And each boat, think of this, each boat, on average, is responsible for the death of 25,000 Americans.
01:59We consider Venezuela to be not a very friendly country.
02:02They said millions of people, really, and probably a number in excess of that.
02:08And a lot of those people shouldn't be in our country, from jails, from gangs, from drug dealers,
02:14from all of the people that came into our country shouldn't have been in our country, causing a lot of problems.
02:19Does your warning mean that an eirstrike is imminent, or should we not read it that way?
02:26Don't read anything into it.
02:28The New York Times reported that you had a phone call with Wittereau.
02:30Did you?
02:31I don't want to comment on it.
02:33The answer is yes.
02:34And can you tell us a little bit about it?
02:35No, I can't do that.
02:36Mr. President, would you say it went well?
02:40I wouldn't say it went well or badly.
02:43It was a phone call.
02:44Well, number one, I don't know that that happened.
02:47And Pete said he did not want them.
02:51He didn't even know what people were talking about.
02:53So we'll look into it.
02:56But no, I wouldn't have wanted that, not a second strike.
02:59The first strike was very lethal.
03:02It was fine.
03:03And if there were two people around, but Pete said that didn't happen.
03:06Does that make you?
03:07I have great confidence.
03:08Do you say no second strike?
03:09I don't know.
03:10I'm going to find out about it.
03:12But Pete said he did not order the death of those two men.
03:15Do you have any concerns about how those boat strikes have been carried out at all?
03:20Very little, because you can see the boats.
03:22You can see the drugs in the boats.
03:23And each boat is responsible for killing 25,000 Americans.
03:28So they're doing an amazing job.
03:32And, you know, we're getting you just look at the numbers.
03:34The amount of drugs coming into our country by sea is infinitesimal compared to what it was just a few months ago.
03:42And each boat, think of this, each boat on average is responsible for the death of 25,000 Americans.
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