Trump evaluates the next steps in Venezuela with his advisors after ordering the ‘closure’ of the country’s airspace

The meeting would take place at Oval Office of the White House, according to anonymous sources cited by CNN, with the expected attendance of senior officials from his cabinet, including the secretaries of State, Marco Rubioand War, Pete Hegsethalong with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine.

These conversations occur in a moment of uncertainty in the regionafter the escalation in Trump’s rhetoric against the Government of the South American country and its warning this weekend for pilots and airlines, to those who said they should consider Venezuelan airspace “closed” and its surroundings.

The US president refused to clarify this Sunday if his alert meant a imminent attack on Venezuelan land, as part of an expansion of the anti-drug campaign that its Army carries out in the waters of the Caribbean and the Pacific, with attacks on twenty alleged drug boats and the death of more than 80 crew members.

Trump did confirm a phone call with Maduro, although he refused to give details of the conversation.

The exchange between both leaders would have occurred last week to agree on a possible meeting in the United States, although the dialogue did not result in concrete plans, according to newspaper reports. The New York Times based on anonymous sources.

This Monday’s meeting between Trump and his advisors also coincides with the increased scrutiny in Congress over the legality of US attacks to alleged vessels related to drug trafficking in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

Bipartisan commissions take the first steps this Monday to investigate whether Secretary of War Hegseth had committed alleged war crimes by ordering a second deadly attack to finish off survivors of a Venezuelan boat in Caribbean waters, according to The Washington Post.

Hegseth has described the information as false and Trump has defended his Secretary of War, ensuring that he believes his version.