Trinidad and Tobago announced between 1:15 a.m. and 1:45 a.m. UTC on December 16, 2025, that it has approved U.S. military aircraft to use the country’s airports over the coming weeks, according to a Visegrad24 post on X shared during the 29-minute reporting window. This announcement echoes an Associated Press report cited by EndGameWW3 on X earlier on December 16, attributing the approval to escalating tensions after Venezuela terminated natural gas supply contracts with Trinidad and Tobago on December 15 over a U.S. seizure of Venezuelan oil on December 10. Venezuela's official statement on December 15 accused Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of supporting U.S. actions, including installing military radars to target Venezuelan vessels, as translated and posted on X by AZ_Intel_. The move follows reports of over 120 Russian military personnel arriving in Venezuela on December 16 for training on Pantsir-S1 air defense systems, per Globalsurv on X, amid U.S. President Donald Trump's December 15 executive order on fentanyl linked to Venezuelan trafficking.
