Trump says 'don't read anything into it' when asked about declaring Venezuela's airspace closed

While speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said Venezuela is "not a very friendly country" and claimed it has sent criminals, gang members and drug traffickers into the U.S.

On Saturday, Trump told airlines, pilots, drug dealers and human traffickers to "consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY."

When asked Sunday if the warning meant an airstrike is imminent, Trump said: "Don't read anything into it."

"I wouldn't say it went well or badly," he said. "It was a phone call."

The president's comments come amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela over Venezuela's failure to stop drug traffickers from sending narcotics into the U.S.

But as the U.S. continues to bolster forces in the waters off Venezuela, Maduro has called for peace but also remained defiant against what he called "imperialist aggression."

Maduro delivered an address in Caracas last week while brandishing a sword and warning supporters to prepare for confrontation, saying the U.S. will "very soon" begin stopping suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers on land.

He appeared at a mass rally in the capital holding the sword of Simón Bolivar, the 19th-century independence leader regarded as the liberator of much of South America. Maduro told supporters the country was facing a decisive moment.

The Associated Press reported that he said, "For anyone, whether civilian, politician, military, or police -  Let no one make excuses. Failure is not an option. The homeland demands it! Our greatest effort and sacrifice. And with (Simón) Bolivar, I come to say that if the homeland demands it, the homeland will have our lives, if necessary," he declared while raising Bolivar's sword.

Maduro framed the situation as a struggle against what he described as external threats, urging Venezuelans to mobilize against any foreign aggression.

Fox News Digital's Diana Stancy and Efrat Lachter contributed to this report.