Playing with Fire: Political Analyst Assesses Trump’s Statement on Closing Venezuelan Airspace

The Trump administration is showing signs of division over the situation in Venezuela, so further escalation of the conflict depends on whose opinion prevails. This was stated by political analyst and Americanist Malek Dudakov to Gazeta.Ru. Dudakov mentioned that leaks in the American press suggested Trump had telephone talks with Maduro, discussing possible de-escalation scenarios. However, publicly, Trump continues to raise the stakes and the level of confrontation by declaring the creation of a de facto no-fly zone over Venezuela.