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Things are getting heated up between the United States and Venezuela.
On Friday, President Trump warned that any Venezuelan plane that poses a threat to the United States will be shot down.
Trump’s comments came just hours after Venezuela flew two planes over a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters as a response to the U.S. recent strike on a drug boat.
Newsweek provided further context to Trump’s remarks:
President Donald Trump warned on Friday that Venezuelan planes will be “shot down” if they put the United States in a “dangerous position.”
Trump’s warning comes after the Pentagon said two Venezuelan planes flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters amid an expanded U.S. military presence in the southern Caribbean.
The comment comes as Washington and Caracas trade increasingly sharp warnings following a U.S. strike this week on a boat the administration says was tied to the Venezuelan-linked Tren de Aragua gang. The exchange raises questions about the risk of further military escalation in the region and the legal and operational limits of U.S. actions against designated “narco-terrorist” groups.
The Pentagon said on Thursday that “two Maduro regime military aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters,” calling the action “highly provocative” and warning Caracas not to interfere with U.S. counter-narcotics and counterterror operations in the region.
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President @realDonaldTrump announced in the White House a few minutes ago that he has given clearance for Venezuelan aircraft to be ‘shot down’ if they approach US vessels “in a dangerous position”.pic.twitter.com/CaIgWTcBkL https://t.co/5bGopBaL1P
— SA Defensa (@SA_Defensa) September 5, 2025
CBS reported a full update on the recent U.S. and Venezuela military tensions:
For the second time in two days, Venezuela has flown military aircraft in the vicinity of the USS Jason Dunham in international waters near South America, multiple Defense Department officials confirmed to CBS News Friday, describing the action as turning into a “game of chicken.”
The aircraft, which one Defense Department official said were F-16 fighter jets, flew over the Dunham sometime overnight Thursday. It was unknown if the aircraft was armed.
The Dunham, an Aegis guided-missile destroyer, did not engage, the officials said. The aircraft was within weapons-range for both the aircraft and the ship, the officials added.
This comes after CBS News reported Thursday that two F-16 fighter jets also flew over the Dunham earlier that day. The Pentagon later confirmed that incident, describing it in a statement as a “highly provocative move” that “was designed to interfere with our counter narco-terror operations.”
The Dunham is among a flotilla of U.S. warships dispatched to the region in recent weeks that the Pentagon says have been deployed to target criminal organizations and narco-terrorism.
“I would say they’re going to be in trouble,” President Trump had told reporters Friday in response to a question of what could happen if Venezuela were to fly jets over U.S. Navy vessels again.
“If they fly in a dangerous position, I would say that…you or your captains can make the decision as to what they want to do,” Mr. Trump said while addressing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
On Tuesday, the White House announced that the U.S. military carried out a strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat from Venezuela that Mr. Trump said killed 11 people. The Trump administration said the boat was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, one of several gangs that have been designated by the White House as foreign terrorist organizations.
