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TRUMP ESCALATES MILITARY BUILDUP WITH FORD CARRIER GROUP AND WARSHIPS

President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier group to Latin America, marking a major escalation in U.S. military presence in the Caribbean amid rising tensions with Venezuela.

The Ford — the world’s largest aircraft carrier — will join eight warships, a nuclear submarine, and F-35 jets already in the region. The Pentagon said the move aims to “bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit activities” threatening American and regional security.

The deployment follows a series of U.S. strikes on suspected drug vessels, which Washington says involved Venezuelan operatives, killing around 40 people since early September.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused Washington of plotting to remove him from power, while tensions also flared with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whom Trump recently labeled an “illegal drug leader.”

The Pentagon has not disclosed the carrier’s arrival date, but officials confirmed it was last seen traveling through the Strait of Gibraltar toward the Western Hemisphere.

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