US President Donald Trump has informed his advisers of plans to speak directly with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in the near future, Axios reported Monday, citing administration officials.

While a date has not been finalized, the call is reportedly "in the planning stages," according to sources familiar with the matter.

The report also noted that the Trump administration currently has no plans to invade Venezuela or take direct action against Maduro.

"Nobody is planning to go in and shoot him or snatch him — at this point. I wouldn't say never, but that's not the plan right now," a US official told Axios.

The United States is reportedly weighing a psychological operation that would involve dropping leaflets over Caracas on the birthday of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in an attempt to escalate pressure on his government and prompt regime change.

According to The Washington Post, the plan includes distributing flyers featuring a $50 million reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest and conviction. Maduro, who turns 63 on Sunday, has long been targeted by Washington’s regime change efforts.

Sources cited by the report said the leaflet drop date has not yet been finalized, but the operation is being considered as part of a broader strategy to weaken the Venezuelan leadership psychologically and politically.

Trump: Maduro’s days are "numbered"

While speaking earlier this month, President Trump asserted that Maduro’s days are limited, though he also insisted that the US had no plans to go to war with Venezuela.

Nonetheless, analysts suggest that growing military activity near Venezuelan waters, combined with persistent economic and diplomatic pressure, may indicate preparation for escalated intervention.

US expands Caribbean war drills, Venezuela warns of rising threats

The United States conducted an unprecedented naval and aerial drill on Thursday across the Atlantic and Caribbean fronts, escalating pressure on Venezuela as President Nicolas Maduro’s government warned of a new CIA sabotage plot.

According to journalist Madelein Garcia, the large-scale exercise featured command-and-control, intelligence, bombing, and combat aircraft launched from the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier. The maneuver stretched over Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, and Colombia, extending into northern Venezuelan airspace.

Venezuelan defense sources characterized the mission as a “disproportionate and crude” provocation carried out under the pretext of combating drug trafficking.

Named Operation Southern Spear, the US' mobilization is viewed by Venezuelan authorities and regional analysts as a direct step toward the militarization of the Caribbean. Local reports estimate the cost at around $10 million for a roughly 12-hour deployment, considered the largest US air operation in the region in nearly three months.

Caracas maintains that the US' deployment is designed to undermine regional peace and stability, while far-right opposition figures have publicly echoed Pentagon talking points. Venezuelan media also noted that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado departed the country on Sunday after being accused of “promoting an invasion and supporting any kind of attack against her nation.”