Trump is escalating global tensions with reckless rhetoric after claiming that Venezuela is surrounded by the largest armada in South American history, a statement that is factually and legally false but deeply dangerous. Under international law, a naval blockade is considered an act of war, and history shows that claims of encirclement often precede military conflict. Trump’s post goes further by asserting that Venezuelan oil and assets belong to the United States and by suggesting the country has been labeled a terrorist organization, neither of which followed any required legal or diplomatic process. Experts warn this is not policy but provocative language without institutional backing, the kind that fuels instability, panic, and escalation. When a president speaks as if war is already underway, even when it is not, words alone can move the world closer to conflict.
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