The Pentagon’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, and its strike group arrived in the Latin American region, according to the U.S. Navy, as the Trump administration beefs up its military presence in the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) area and strikes alleged drug-trafficking boats on both sides of South America.
NewsNation’s Blake Burman dives into what these tensions with Venezuela could mean for the United States’ military troops at home as well as abroad in this Explainer.