But speaking on Air Force One on Sunday night, Nov. 30, Trump told reporters not to read too much into the closing of the space.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

The Venezuelan President has denied any ties to the illegal drug trade, and his government has condemned Trump’s warning that the country’s air space should be considered closed as a “colonialist threat” and “yet another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people.”