Trump, Venezuela
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President Trump is set to meet with House Republicans Tuesday at the Kennedy Center as lawmakers in both chambers are calling for more details on the recent operation in Venezuela.
President Donald Trump’s second term entered a new phase over the weekend, with the administration launching a successful operation in Venezuela that captured its leader, Nicolás Maduro.
President Donald Trump said in a new interview that the U.S. could help finance improvements to Venezuela’s oil infrastructure, telling NBC that oil companies could be “reimbursed” for their investments.
Trump’s rhetoric, including his suggestion over the weekend that Washington may have to “do something” about cartels that are “running Mexico,” is reviving fears in Mexico City.
Opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said she welcomed U.S. actions in Venezuela as "a huge step for humanity, for freedom and human dignity."
Confusion continued Monday amid seemingly contradictory messages from President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio about how the U.S. is dealing with Venezuela.
“It’s a tremendous strategic and moral mistake” for Trump to distance himself from Machado, says Ian Vásquez, an expert on Latin America at the Cato Institute. To say Machado doesn’t have support inside Venezuela is “patently untrue,” says Vásquez.
Greenland Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen has dismissed concerns of an imminent U.S. takeover attempt. His comments come shortly after Trump restated his interest in the mineral-rich island, following Washington's military operation in Venezuela.