Maduro's Venezuela answers with lightning response as Trump's 'closed skies' edict ignites war drums

President Donald Trump has declared the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela closed, framing the move as part of his expanded “narco war” just days after signaling possible U.S. land operations in the country. Caracas has blasted the announcement as a “colonialist threat” and an “extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression” against Venezuelan sovereignty, as Washington continues a major military buildup in the Caribbean while boasting of progress in cutting drug flows by sea.