Trump said the following: “They have a big plant or a big facility where the ships come from. Two nights ago we knocked that out.”The Republican was talking about the U.S. operation against drug trafficking in the Caribbean, focused on Venezuela. Neither U.S. authorities nor those in Caracas have provided further details of the military operation, launched on Christmas Eve. If an attack on the “big facility” Trump referred to is confirmed, the third phase would have begun on land. Trump has acknowledged to the press several times that he had already authorized the CIA to plan covert operations in Venezuela.

Source: International New York Times December 30, 2025 03:04 UTC