The Trump administration intensified its pressure campaign against Venezuela on Sunday by placing an aircraft carrier in the Caribbean, announcing that it would designate a Venezuelan group as a foreign terrorist organization and saying it had struck another boat it said was trafficking drugs.

But President Donald Trump also left open the possibility of negotiations, telling reporters that the United States “may be having some discussions” with President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela.

“We may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we’ll see how that turns out,” Trump said, speaking at an airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. He added that Venezuela “would like to talk” but would not elaborate on what he meant.

“What does it mean? You tell me, I don’t know,” Trump said. When a reporter

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