Venezuela announced Tuesday that it was launching a massive military exercise across the country, reportedly involving some 200,000 forces, in response to the increasing presence of U.S. military assets in the region.
The announcement by Venezuela’s military came as the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford had entered the Southern Command’s area of responsibility — which includes the Caribbean.
What does Trump want from Venezuela?
A large donation to his Presidential Library would probably settle the entire conflict
Oil.
This is it. The US has Guyana’s oil locked into deals and it resulted in them becoming one of the highest GDP growths in the world recently. Venezuela is not playing game like they did and so here we are, especially due to Venezuela’s proximity to Guyana. This is all oil money bullshit all over again
Edit: to add to this, Venezuela has made some aggressive rhetoric towards Guyana. This is further fuel (no pun intended) to protect the US profits and give reason to expand towards Venezuela
And also distractions. And to be a “wartime president.” Lots of stuff here.