Trump has claimed at the press conference now under way in Florida that the United States is going to run Venezuela for the time being -- although it’s unclear how that would be done.
“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump said.
He has given no details.
He just called Maduro a dictator and a drug kingpin
Trump said his secretary of state, #Marco #Rubio, has talked with the Venezuelan vice president, #Delcy #Rodriguez, today and mentions that she agreed to work with the US.
The US president said 👉 she has already been sworn in as president.
A few hours ago there were reports that she was in Russia,
so the situation remains unclear at this moment and the press conference question and answer session with Trump is now bouncing around various semi-related topics.
As fragments of fact, as opposed to pure rhetoric and vague statements, come through we’ll piece them together.
“She’s, I guess, the president. She had a long conversation with Marco and said we’ll do what you need. She had no choice,”
Trump just said, of Rodriguez.
