Venezuela has accused Donald Trump of making a “colonialist threat” after he said the airspace around the country should be considered closed.

The country’s foreign ministry called Trump’s comments “another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people”.

The US does not legally have the authority to close another country’s airspace, but Trump’s online post could lead to travel uncertainty and deter airlines from operating there.

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    15 hours ago

    So you mean it’s exactly like China and Taiwan?

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      14 hours ago

      Taiwan claims sovereignty over mainland China, I doubt Venezuela does the same with the US.

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          The Taiwan government today is relying on strategic ambiguity, neither saying it is an independent country nor saying it is part of China. However, the KMT which prosecuted the White Terror under the protection of US and UK warships claimed the mainland for decades.

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        6 hours ago

        That is true, Taiwan is the real China. But I don’t think we were arguing about names of countries here.