Trump Denies Report Suggesting US Deployed B-1 Bombers Near Venezuela

‘But we’re not happy with Venezuela for a lot of reasons, drugs being one of them,’ the president told reporters.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement regarding his administration's policies against cartels and human trafficking, from the State Dining Room at the White House, on Oct. 23, 2025. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

President Donald Trump said on Oct. 23 that reports claiming the U.S. military deployed B-1 bombers near Venezuela to intensify military pressure on the South American nation were false.

Trump was responding to a reporter’s question on recent reports claiming that two B-1 Lancer bombers took off from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas on Oct. 23 and headed toward the coast of Venezuela.