President Donald Trump confirmed to reporters Sunday aboard Air Force One that he spoke with Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro over the phone.

“I don’t want to comment on it. The answer is yes,” President Trump said when asked about a report published Friday by the leftist publication the New York Times , which has published Maduro as a contributor, stating that Trump had recently spoken with Maduro.

While President Trump did not disclose details on the call, he stressed, “I wouldn’t say it went well or badly. It was a phone call.”

President Trump’s remarks come hours after he wrote in a Truth Social post that the airspace around Venezuela should be considered closed amid rising tensions between both countries over the Venezuelan government’s active role in t

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