The United States continued its pressure campaign against Venezuela on Saturday as President Donald Trump issued a broad directive on social media, warning airlines, pilots and criminal networks to avoid Venezuelan airspace.

The president floated Colombia as a possible target, saying potential strikes wouldn't be limited to "just Venezuela."

U.S. President Donald Trumpheld talks on Monday with top advisers to discuss the pressure campaign on Venezuela, among other topics, a senior U.S. official said.

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety."

President Donald Trump will hold a meeting at the White House on Monday evening about next steps on Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, as the administration intensifies its pressure campaign on the country and questions mount about whether the military is exceeding its lawful authority.

President Donald Trump is ramping up a lethal campaign aimed at drug traffickers that observers say could topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

Venezuela’s government said it “forcefully rejects” Trump’s claim about closing the airspace and that it was a “colonial threat” intended to undermine the country’s “territorial integrity, aeronautical security and full sovereignty.”

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