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Trump and top aides refuse to rule out war with Venezuela

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a warship — The US navy amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima is seen docked in Ponce, Puerto Rico, amid a military buildup in the Caribbean, on Wednesday. Photograph: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Reuters

Donald Trump and his top advisers have refused to rule out the potential for open conflict with Venezuela as Nicolás Maduro urged his navy to escort oil tankers defying the largest US fleet deployed in the region in decades.

In an interview broadcast on Friday morning, Donald Trump told NBC News that going to war with Maduro’s regime remains on the table. “I don’t rule it out, no,” he said in a phone interview with the network.

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