Trump will declare war on Venezuela during his speech to the nation, according to ultra activist Tucker Carlson

“Members of Congress were informed yesterday that a war is coming and that the president will announce it in an address to the nation tonight at 9:00 p.m. local time,” the firebrand said on the podcast. Judging Freedom, conservative tendency.

Trump will appear on television tonight to give a speech to the nation from the White House in which he will take stock of his almost first year in office.

He will also express his plans for the next three years, as indicated yesterday by White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt.

The president is expected to address his efforts to reduce the cost of living in the face of growing criticism among his own followers, who accuse him of having focused more on foreign policy than on domestic affairs.

This intervention will take place, however, at the height of the increase in tension in the Caribbean, where the country has deployed a large military operation in recent months with the justification of combating drug trafficking that operates in the region.

This has included a series of bombings in the southern Caribbean and eastern Pacific against around two dozen suspected drug boats, resulting in the deaths of at least 95 of their crew members.

Trump assured on Tuesday in his Truth Social account that Venezuela “is surrounded” by “the largest armada ever assembled in the history of South America” ​​and that the commotion will be like never before until they “return all the oil, land and other assets they previously stole” to the United States.

In this context, Trump confiscated an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela last week, and on Tuesday he ordered a complete block of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving the country.

Carlson became one of the most prominent voices on the right in the United States as a presenter on Fox News, where he was fired in 2023 after the network investigated a private message with racist and violent content.

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