our anti war president in action;

According to Reuters on Monday night, Maduro told Trump he was prepared to leave Venezuela in last week's recently revealed phone call, but Trump rejected nearly all of his additional conditions - including a demand that Vice President Delcy Rodríguez lead a transitional government before new elections.

Reuters further reports that Trump gave Maduro a deadline of last Friday to depart the country, after which the American leader announced on Saturday that Venezuelan airspace was "closed." 

Things are beginning to move faster, as it looks like Trump plans some kind of significant military action against Caracas, at a moment such a huge Caribbean deployment, including the USS Ford Carrier group, is racking up high bills per day at the expense of the US taxpayer. According to a summary of the latest via Reuters:

• Trump rejected Maduro's requests for amnesty, sanction removal, sources say
• Maduro's safe passage offer expired, prompting US airspace closure, sources say
• Maduro proposed Delcy Rodriguez lead interim government before new elections, sources say
• Maduro's administration seeks another call with Trump, sources say

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A big Washington Post report issued Friday detailed allegations that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to "kill everybody" aboard an alleged drug boat in September.

"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation," the WaPo report reads. "The order was to kill everybody," it quotes a Pentagon official as saying..........more.........