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President Trump is sending mixed signals about Venezuela.

He has authorized covert action against the South American nation and warned last week that the United States could “very soon” expand its attacks from boats off the Venezuelan coast to targets inside the country. But Mr. Trump has also recently spoken by phone with Nicolás Maduro, the country’s president, about a possible meeting.

Venezuela’s government said on Tuesday that it had approved a request from the United States for a migrant repatriation flight, days after Mr. Trump declared Venezuelan airspace “closed in its entirety,” although he has no authority over it.

According to people close to the Venezuelan government, Mr. Maduro believes he can remain in control and ride out the gravest threat to his 12-year rule.

The boat strikes by the U.S. military, which the Trump administration says are intended to stop drug smuggling, have killed more than 80 people since early September. They are now the subject of intense bipartisan scrutiny in the United States.