Trump's troops are getting closer to Venezuela.

Helicopters are less than 90 miles from the flat coast. Tensions in the Caribbean are escalating. The US military's elite Special Operations aviation unit has moved within 90 nautical miles of the Venezuelan coast. According to a US official, the helicopters were involved in training exercises intended to prepare for a confrontation with drug traffickers inside the plains country. This comes a day after US President Donald Trump acknowledged that he authorized CIA operations against Venezuela and confirmed that he is considering ordering ground attacks against the Caribbean country's drug cartels.