Article Summary – Is the U.S. Getting Ready To Go To War with Venezuela? -The Navy has surged ships into Caribbean waters as planners weigh operations inside Venezuela, though the president hasn’t signed off. Inside the Sudden Venezuela War ScareDonald Trump rose to power, first in 2017 and again this year, in part by arguing that his opponents in both parties wanted to get into protracted wars, which he would avoid. In the 2016 campaign, Trump argued strongly against the Iraq War, which emphasized regime change, and vowed not to do things like that as president. The New York Times reported earlier this week that top aides to Trump have been pushing in recent days to remove Maduro from power.