Trump's warning to Maduro regarding Venezuelan fighter jets flying over US ships was: "If they threaten our security, we will shoot them down."

According to US officials who spoke to CBS News, a BBC affiliate in the US, this warning comes after Venezuelan military aircraft flew over a US ship deployed off the coast of South America in the Caribbean Sea for the second time in two days. These incidents occurred after US forces bombed a ship this week, which US officials said was transporting narcotics from Venezuela and was run by a criminal group. The attack left 11 dead. Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, has declared that the US accusations against his nation are false and that a military conflict is not necessary due to the disagreements between the two countries.