“We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition,” Trump, flanked by top cabinet officials, said in televised remarks from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. “We can’t take a chance that somebody else takes over Venezuela that doesn’t have the good of the Venezuelan people in mind.”
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that the United States would “run” Venezuela following an extraordinary U.S. operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that the United States would “run” Venezuela following an extraordinary U.S. operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
“We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition,” Trump, flanked by top cabinet officials, said in televised remarks from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. “We can’t take a chance that somebody else takes over Venezuela that doesn’t have the good of the Venezuelan people in mind.”
It’s unclear precisely how the United States intends to “run” Venezuela and whether that could involve a prolonged military occupation. Trump offered vague details on this, suggesting that he would designate people to oversee the process—signaling that U.S. officials would be directly involved.
The president said it was his understanding that Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez was just sworn in as Maduro’s replacement.
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