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In the strongest signal yet that the U.S. might soon launch a ground operation inside Venezuela
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President Trump told American troops that land action against the Maduro regime is coming very soon
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The president made the comment during his Thanksgiving call with U.S. troops
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praising the Air Force's seventh bomb wing for destroying suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean
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The military has hit nearly two dozen vessels since September, killing more than 80 people accused of working with cartels
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Trump said maritime trafficking is now 85 percent stopped and claims a ground operation would be, quote, easier
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The U.S. has already moved the USS Gerald Ford into the region as part of a broader military buildup
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Venezuela's President, Nicolas Maduro, who you see here, denies any ties to drug cartels
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and says the U.S. is fabricating a war against him
