As the world wonders whether the U.S. is on the verge of striking Venezuela, the arrival in the Caribbean of the world’s newest, largest aircraft carrier and its missile-firing escort ships is ratcheting up the pressure on , who the Trump administration has declared is not the legitimate leader of the country.

“With more than 4,000 Sailors and dozens of tactical aircraft aboard, Gerald R. Ford provides combatant commanders and America’s civilian leaders increased capacity to project power through sustained operations at sea,” U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command said in a press release , noting the destroyers USS Bainbridge and USS Mahan were accompanying the carrier, along with an “air and missile defense command ship,” the USS Winston S. Churchill.

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