President Donald Trump said on Oct. 23 that reports claiming the U.S. military deployed B-1 bombers near Venezuela to intensify military pressure on the South American nation were false.
Trump was responding to a reporter’s question on recent reports claiming that two B-1 Lancer bombers took off from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas on Oct. 23 and headed toward the coast of Venezuela.
The president denied that any such deployment had occurred.
“No, it’s not accurate. It’s false. But we’re not happy with Venezuela for a lot of reasons, drugs being one of them,” Trump told reporters following a roundtable with administration officials at the White House….