The greatest surprise, though, may have come in U.S. President Donald Trump’s press conference afterward from his estate in Mar-a-Lago. Amid the expected braggadocio came Trump’s unexpected declaration that the United States would remain in control of Venezuela until there was a transition.
The world woke up Saturday morning to the news that the U.S. military, after months of buildup, had bombed sites across Venezuela and, in a special operations mission whose details are still murky, seized President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Both are now due to be delivered to the U.S. judicial system to face charges of narcotics trafficking and weapons possession.
The world woke up Saturday morning to the news that the U.S. military, after months of buildup, had bombed sites across Venezuela and, in a special operations mission whose details are still murky, seized President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Both are now due to be delivered to the U.S. judicial system to face charges of narcotics trafficking and weapons possession.
The greatest surprise, though, may have come in U.S. President Donald Trump’s press conference afterward from his estate in Mar-a-Lago.
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