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.

  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 days ago

    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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      3 days ago

      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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        3 days ago

        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.