Trump Gives Venezuela Ultimatum; New Details on Deportation Plan
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 594 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
The United States is ready to carry out strikes against Venezuelan cartels, which could include key leaders of the country. President Donald Trump said airspace over Venezuela should be closed fully. And now, according to a media report citing anonymous sources, Trump is allegedly giving the country’s leader, Nicholas Maduro, an ultimatum to flee the country immediately.
Meanwhile, after announcing his plans to end migration from all third-world countries and suggesting “reverse migration,” Trump spoke with reporters and clarified that he’s serious about moving forward with this.
We’ll discuss these topics and more, in this episode of “Crossroads.”
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| 0:00.0 | The United States is on the brink of carrying out strikes against Venezuelan cartels, and this could include key leaders of the country. |
| 0:07.0 | The situation is heating up, and I'll be going to what's happening in today's episode. |
| 0:11.0 | Also, meanwhile, after announcing his plans to end migration from all third world countries and to begin deporting people in a mass scale, |
| 0:19.0 | Trump spoke with reporters and reiterated, |
| 0:22.6 | he is serious about moving forward with this. |
| 0:26.0 | And also on another topic, new details are emerging on potential illegal spying through the Arctic Frost investigations under former special counsel, Jack Smith. |
| 0:36.4 | I'll be talking about these topics and a lot more today. |
| 0:39.3 | And the Epic Times Senior Investigator reporter Joshua Phillip and you're listening to Crossroads. |
| 0:48.3 | The United States is on the brink of carrying out air strikes against Venezuelan cartels. |
| 0:57.0 | And guess who has been labeled a cartel leader while key leaders of the entire country? |
| 1:02.0 | President Trump has ordered the airspace over Venezuela to close fully, with the exception of military use of airspace, namely the American military. |
| 1:13.6 | And now he is allegedly giving the country's leader, Nicholas Maduro, an ultimatum. |
| 1:18.6 | Flea the country immediately if you value your life. |
| 1:22.6 | Daily Mail said this. |
| 1:24.6 | Donald Trump warned Venezuelan dictator Nicholas Maduro to flee alongside his wife or face |
| 1:31.7 | the consequences, whatever could the consequences be, as the U.S. loads up on warships and |
| 1:37.3 | troops in the region. |
| 1:38.8 | It says the talks occurred Friday amid a series of lethal American drone strikes against |
| 1:42.9 | suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers in the region that has killed over 80 people. |
| 1:48.0 | These, of course, are the destruction of the drug trafficking boats. |
| 1:53.0 | Briefly, I'm going to comment on something. |
| 1:56.0 | You might have seen the headlines that Pete Hegeseth, Secretary of War, ordered the double tap of an alleged |
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