Two Venezuelan military aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy ship in international waters in a "highly provocative move" on Thursday the Pentagon said.

The big picture: The incident came two days after President Trump announced that U.S. forces killed 11 suspected "Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists" in a U.S. military strike that he ordered in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela's shores. • Trump has ordered a flotilla of ships off Venezuela's shores, ostensibly to stop drugs but also in hopes of sparking regime change and toppling Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, per Axios' Marc Caputo.

Zoom in: "Today, two Maduro regime military aircraft flew near a US Navy vessel in international waters," the Defense Department said in a statement posted to X. • "This highly provocative move was designed to

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