To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
“The way he addresses airlines and traffickers together is unusual,” said a third, adding: “do you think this approach helps clarify his stance or just creates more confusion.”
Others raised questions if the president has the authority to close Venezuela’s airspace and, long story short, he does not, says The Telegraph.
Trump’s move in ‘closing’ their airspace comes after the US aviation regulator warned major airlines of a ‘potentially hazardous situation’ when flying over Venezuela due to a ‘worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around’, Reuters reports.