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Venezuela has accused Donald Trump of making a "colonialist threat" after he said the airspace around the country should be considered closed.

The country's foreign ministry called Trump's comments "another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people".

The US does not legally have the authority to close another country's airspace, but Trump's online post could lead to travel uncertainty and deter airlines from operating there.

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 33 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (7 children)

What's even the thought there, you shot boats claiming they had drugs on them, are they claiming every plane is also carrying drugs? Why wouldn't they just intercept them at the runway in the U.S. to sieze the drugs if any of it was drugs coming to the U.S. supposedly?

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 59 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Because it was never about drugs.

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 21 points 22 hours ago

Well, it definitely wasn't about the friends we made along the way. We're actively trying to backstab each and every one.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 17 points 21 hours ago

I'm sure you'll figure it out when they start 'finding drugs' on their domestic enemies.

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

Agreed. And why not just intercept the boats too? More proof that it wasn’t about the drugs.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

They're trying to put all the fish in one barrel. They're doing a similar tactic with trans people in the US by fucking with passports

[–] ashughes@feddit.uk 3 points 5 hours ago

Precursor to an invasion. It’s basically a warning to the rest of the world: all flights going to, from, or through Venezuelan air space would do well to divert around it because soon that air space is going to be a war zone.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Why wouldn’t they just intercept them at the runway

Gotta justify $850 billion military budget somehow, plus Donny and Petey get a hate boner blowing up brown people