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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    4 hours ago

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

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      1 hour ago

      China is the real china, taiwan being an offshoot of an exile. but yeah. no nations should exist to begin with anyway.