{"id":416717,"date":"2025-12-01T07:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T07:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/416717\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T07:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T07:20:16","slug":"you-must-leave-the-country-now-trump-delivers-blunt-ultimatum-to-maduro-on-call-us-venezuela-tensions-flare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/416717\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You must leave the country now\u2019: Trump delivers blunt ultimatum to Maduro on call; US-Venezuela tensions flare"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\u2018You US President Donald Trump delivered a blunt ultimatum to Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro during a recent phone call, telling him, \u201cYou can save yourself and those closest to you, but you must leave the country now,\u201d according to the Miami Herald.The United States reportedly offered safe passage for Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores, and their son if he agreed to depart immediately. The offer was also said to extend to several top allies. However, Caracas refused to accept the conditions, prompting the talks to collapse.<\/p>\n

\u2018Not Good Or Bad\u2019: Trump Admits Maduro Call, Unpacks The Mystery Behind His Airspace Warning<\/p>\n

Also read | \u2018Wouldn\u2019t say it went well or badly\u2019: Trump confirms call with Maduro; comes as US steps up pressure on Venezuela<\/a>US President Donald Trump on Sunday acknowledged that he had recently spoken with Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro but refused to give details. Speaking to reporters, Trump said, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it went well or badly.\u201d His guarded comments came after he publicly warned that Venezuelan airspace should be considered \u201cclosed in its entirety,\u201d a declaration made hours after the failed exchange amid rising tensions and after the US sent major military assets to the Caribbean, adding to its tense standoff with Caracas.According to the Miami Herald, the call, held late in the week of November 16, stalled when Maduro sought two guarantees \u2014 global amnesty for himself and senior members of his circle, and the right to retain command of Venezuela\u2019s armed forces even if he allowed free elections. The paper quoted a source familiar with the call saying, \u201cFirst, Maduro asked for global amnesty for any crimes he and his group had committed, and that was rejected. Second, they asked to retain control of the armed forces \u2026 In return, they would allow free elections.\u201d Washington reportedly dismissed both proposals and instead demanded that Maduro step down at once. Maduro government attempted to arrange another call with Washington but received no response. A defense expert familiar with Venezuela\u2019s military and state-linked cartel networks warned that Maduro and key figures in his regime could now be facing their most serious threat yet.Also read | \u2018Closed in its entirety\u2019: Trump orders complete shutdown of Venezuelan airspace; tensions rise amid anti-drug ops<\/a>Following the breakdown, Trump sharply escalated pressure on Venezuela. He warned that US military operations \u201cby land\u201d could begin \u201cvery soon\u201d and ordered aircraft to avoid Venezuelan airspace. A FlightRadar24 map later showed no international aircraft flying over the country. Flights to Aruba and Cura\u00e7ao took longer alternative routes, and major airlines halted services after a Federal Aviation Administration warning about \u201cheightened military activity.\u201d Venezuela retaliated by revoking the operating rights of several foreign carriers and accused Washington of \u201ccolonial aggression.\u201dUS politicians have defended the administration\u2019s stance. Senator Dave McCormick told Fox News Sunday, \u201cWe have a war that\u2019s coming through fentanyl, through opioids, through cocaine,\u201d blaming Venezuela for fuelling a drug crisis that \u201ckilled 100,000 Americans last year.\u201d The administration has intensified maritime strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean, actions critics have described as extrajudicial. Congressional inquiries are under way into an alleged \u201cdouble tap\u201d strike near Trinidad, which US secretary of war Pete Hegseth has denied ordering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump delivered a blunt ultimatum to Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro during a recent phone call,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":416718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[195255,195254,12104,195257,195251,50,195249,67,132,68,195252,195256,195250,195253],"class_list":{"0":"post-416717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"category-us","9":"tag-caracas-response-to-us","10":"tag-drug-crisis-venezuela","11":"tag-federal-aviation-administration","12":"tag-global-amnesty-maduro","13":"tag-maduro-safe-passage-offer","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-trump-maduro-call-ultimatum","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-us-military-operations-venezuela","20":"tag-us-senate-support-venezuela","21":"tag-us-venezuela-tensions","22":"tag-venezuelan-airspace-closed"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115643104355253205","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}