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Venezuelan Jets Fly Over U.S. Destroyer as Trump Warns Caracas

The Pentagon labeled the maneuver provocative, warning Venezuela not to obstruct U.S. counter-narcotics operations.

Venezuelan soldiers march during the military parade as part of 214th anniversary of Venezuela's independence celebrations on July 5, 2025 in Caracas.
Donald Trump, Nicolas Maduro trade blows after U.S. Strike on Venezuelan vessel

Overview

  • Two Venezuelan F-16s flew over the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham in the Caribbean, and the U.S. ship did not respond.
  • President Donald Trump said Venezuela would be "in trouble" if its jets repeat such flyovers of U.S. warships.
  • The encounter followed a U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat that killed 11 people, which Washington said carried Tren de Aragua members and drugs.
  • Caracas denounced the boat strike as an extrajudicial killing, and legal experts questioned whether the attack met international standards of necessity and proportionality.
  • The United States has expanded deployments with multiple warships and thousands of troops in the region, while Venezuela has mobilized reservists and appealed to the UN to halt the U.S. build-up.