The shot of American soldiers boats increases tensions with Venezuela

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : At the time, US National Security Advisor John Bolton said that President Trump was very clear, he wanted a peaceful transfer of power to Juan Guaid.
60% : In what seems to be a Maduro attempt to mitigate tensions, the Minister of Defense of Venezuelas announced on September 7 that twenty-five thousand soldiers had been deployed on the border of Venezuelas and coastal regions to combat drug trafficking.
56% : The new escalation could also have an impact on American commercial interests in Venezuela, in particular for the company oil and gas chevron, which resumed oil production in Venezuela and ship it to the United States in August, according to Reuters.
44% : Donald Trump / Truth Social / Reuters One day after the attack, the US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth said that the United States planned to carry out more strikes against drug traffickers designated as terrorists.
42% : More on: UNITED STATES Venezuela South America Military operations When asked if the regime change was the goal in Venezuela, Trump avoided a direct response, saying that, do not talk about this, but we are talking about the fact that you had an election, which was a very strange election, to do it slightly.
34% : The mission is part of a new effort to use the military force to combat drug cartels which have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations (FTO), following a secret directive that Trump would have signed in July authorizing such an action.
30% : Trump said the strike that had killed eleven people in international waters and was targeting people who were carrying drugs in the United States.
29% : On September 2, Trump announced that the American military forces led a kinetic strike against the narcoterrorists of Tren of Aragua identified positively in the area of responsibility of Southcom.
28% : When Rubio visited the equator, President Daniel Noboa thanked him for the efforts of Trump administrations to really eliminate any terrorist threat.
23% : At a press conference the next day, Trump said that if they put us in a dangerous position, they will be killed.

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