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White House responds to reports of Trump preparing to hit military targets inside Venezuela

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The White House pushed back on media reports suggesting that President Donald Trump’s administration had identified and was poised to strike military targets within Venezuela imminently.

Although Trump has signaled for weeks he’s prepared to launch land operations against Venezuela, the White House cast doubt on the new media reports.

"Unnamed sources don’t know what they’re talking about," White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a Friday statement to Fox News Digital. "Any announcements regarding Venezuela policy would come directly from the President."

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Trump administration had identified military targets within Venezuela that are being used to transport drugs, although the news outlet said that Trump hadn’t formalized a decision on whether he would launch land strikes against these targets.

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Trump told reporters Friday on Air Force One a decision hadn't been made about whether he would strike military targets within Venezuela, Bloomberg News reported. 

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Additionally, the Miami Herald reported Friday that the administration had decided to conduct strikes against these military installations within Venezuela that could come "in a matter of days or even hours."

Both the Journal and the Miami Herald cited anonymous sources familiar with the plans. 

 

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