STORY: U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday (November 30) that he had spoken with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but did not provide details on what the two leaders discussed.

"I don't want to comment on it. The answer is yes," Trump said when asked if he had spoken with Maduro. He was speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One.

The New York Times first reported that Trump had spoken with Maduro earlier this month and discussed a possible meeting between them in the United States.

The revelation of the phone call comes as Trump continues to use bellicose rhetoric regarding Venezuela, while also entertaining the possibility of diplomacy.

On Saturday, Trump said the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety," but gave no further details, stirring anxiety and confusion in Caracas as his administration ramps up pressure on Maduro's government.

When asked whether his airspace comments meant that strikes against Venezuela were imminent, Trump said: "Don't read anything into it."

The Trump administration has been weighing Venezuela-related options to combat what it has portrayed as Maduro's role in supplying illegal drugs that have killed Americans. The socialist Venezuelan president has denied having any links to the illegal drug trade.

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP

SHOWS: IN AIR (NOVEMBER 30, 2025) (U.S. NETWORK POOL - No use USA)

1. U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, ADDRESSING JOURNALISTS ON AIR FORCE ONE

2. WHITE FLASH

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, IN EXCHANGE WITH JOURNALISTS:

JOURNALIST ASKING: "Mr. President, on Venezuela, can you tell us more about why the airspace above Venezuela should be considered closed?"

TRUMP: "Because we consider Venezuela to be not a very friendly country. They've sent millions of people really, and probably a number in excess of that. And a lot of those people shouldn't be in our country from jails, from gangs, from drug dealers, from all of the people that came into our country, shouldn't have been in our country causing a lot of problems and drugs."

JOURNALIST ASKING: "Does your warning mean that an airstrike is imminent or should we not read it that way?"

TRUMP: "Don't read anything into it."

JOURNALIST ASKING: "The New York Times reported that you had a phone call with Maduro. Did you?"

TRUMP: "I don't want to comment on it. The answer is yes."

JOURNALIST ASKING: "And can you tell us a little bit about it?"

TRUMP: "No, I can't do that."

JOURNALIST ASKING: "Mr. President. Would you say it went well?"

TRUMP: "I wouldn't say it went well or badly. It was a phone call."

JOURNALIST ASKING (OFF CAMERA): "Can you talk a little bit about the strikes and the controversy around the secretary of defense Pete Hegseth?"

TRUMP: "I don't know anything about it. He said, he said he did not say that. And I believe him a 100%. You're talking about the two men?"

JOURNALIST ASKING (OFF CAMERA): "You don't know if there was a second, the second strike that killed the two men..."

TRUMP: "He said he didn't do it. He said he never said that."

JOURNALIST ASKING: "Would you be okay with that if he did?"

TRUMP: "He said he didn't do it so I don't have to make that decision."

3. WHITE FLASH

4. TRUMP LISTENING TO QUESTIONS AND SAYING (English): "You gotta talk up."