In an interview with The Atlantic, Donald Trump said rebuilding and regime change in Venezuela “is better than what you have right now.”

Donald Trump laid out a stark warning to Venezuela’s interim leader Delcy Rodríguez, telling The Atlantic that “if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”

Rodríguez had been serving as Venezuela’s vice president under President Nicolás Maduro, and the country’s supreme court declared that she would immediately assume the role of acting president after U.S. forces captured Maduro and brought him to the U.S.

Trump’s comments mark a shift in rhetoric from a day earlier, when he told reporters that Rodríguez had a “gracious” conversation with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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    If I were her I’d be quickly signing a protection pact with China in exchange for oil, lest she get kidnapped also.

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      Would China agree to that. They don’t want to get dragged into a conflict with the US. Besides, if the US’s strategy is that we control the Americas and stay out of the rest of the world, China will happily take that deal and go after Taiwan.

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        China loves getting involved in wars indirectly tho. All the Russian drones are from china. If they give the same to venezuela it will make a big difference.

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          Have you forgotten the prevalence of Iranian Shahed drones in the Ukraine war? Yes, China is supplying parts, but at least they’re not delivering mission-ready weapons. Not their style to be that direct. :)

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            That chart has nothing to do with China’s strategy. If anything, China has always been the master at tipping scales without direct military involvement. Direct action is America’s jam. China has always been subtle. That’s simply a reflection of our two cultures.

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        Duck, that’s exactly what’s going on. US v. Brazil is going to be like a Russia v. China preview.

        Everybody got nukes, it was a fun ride.