US Warships bound for the waters around Venezuela says Trump
According to recent Caribbean reports and military tracking of the U.S. naval buildup in the southern Caribbean and off Venezuela’s coast the US is stepping up its presence in the waters aroune Venezuela. US destroyers sail from the Gul f west to the Caribbean Sea On Wednesday morning President Trump said the waters around Venezuela are now “completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the history of South America,” and that the U.S. has ordered a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers as part of a major naval buildup aimed at pressuring the country over alleged criminal activities and to reclaim what he described as stolen assets. Although these ships so far are not destined for Trinidad and Tobago waters the American military have reportedlyincreased their air traffic through the Tobago airport. STEPHEN WEIR USN aircraft carrier Ford.