"When asked by reporters on board Air Force One on Friday if media reports that he was considering strikes within Venezuela were true, Trump answered: No. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered the same message as he responded to an article in the Miami Herald that said Washington's forces were poised to hit Venezuela. Your sources' claiming to have knowledge of the situation' tricked you into writing a fake story, Rubio said in a post on X."
"The US military has launched a string of strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since early September, killing at least 62 people and destroying 14 boats and a semi-submersible. The Trump administration has said the attacks are targeting alleged drug smuggling, but has yet to present any evidence to the public to substantiate its claims. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk decried the attacks and their mounting human cost as unacceptable in a statement on Friday."
"Trump's brief response on Friday appeared to contrast with remarks he has made about Venezuela on at least two occasions earlier this month. The US president said last week he would not necessarily ask for a declaration of war to proceed, saying: I think we're just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. OK? We're going to kill them. Now they [drugs] are coming in by land you know, the land is going to be next, he added."
President Trump denied considering strikes inside Venezuela while US forces deploy fighter jets, warships, thousands of troops and the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford toward the Venezuelan coast. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called a Miami Herald report that forces were poised to strike 'fake' and blamed sources claiming knowledge of the situation. The president's denial contrasted with earlier remarks suggesting lethal action against drug traffickers and a willingness to act without a formal war declaration. US military strikes on Caribbean and eastern Pacific vessels since September reportedly killed at least 62 people and destroyed 14 boats and a semi‑submersible. The UN human rights chief called the attacks unacceptable.
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