Trump to meet with Rubio, Hegseth, top aides on Venezuela, sources say [View all]
Source: CBS News
Updated on: December 1, 2025 / 2:36 PM EST / CBS News
Washington — President Trump on Monday afternoon is expected to confer with his top deputies on the next steps for U.S. operations in Venezuela, according to a senior military official and two sources familiar with the upcoming White House meeting.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are scheduled to attend what sources described as a decisional meeting regarding the next steps in the escalating pressure campaign against the Maduro regime.
Mr. Trump said recently he's spoken with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, while the U.S. president has also built up a significant military force in the region as a part of what he's described as an anti-drug campaign against the cartels his administration has designated as terror groups. The State Department has designated Maduro himself as a terrorist.
CNN was first to report the meeting, which comes amid the president's looming threats of military action on land and intensifying scrutiny by lawmakers over the Pentagon's lethal strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean.
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