Trump torpedoes Rubio's Venezuela message with chaotic new declaration [View all]
Source: msn/The Daily Beast
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Donald Trump has thrown a wrench into Marco Rubio’s course correction on Venezuela by insisting the U.S. is “in charge” of the country just hours after his secretary of state walked back that claim.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday night, Trump once again implied that the U.S. will be running the South American country after the administration captured its leader, Nicolás Maduro, and charged him in New York with drug trafficking and “narco-terrorism” offenses.
“Don’t ask me who’s in charge, because I’ll give you an answer, and it’ll be very controversial,” Trump said, before immediately adding: “We’re in charge.”
Trump had already floated the idea during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Saturday, saying the U.S. would “run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.” Rubio, the president’s top diplomat, then sought to distance the administration from the suggestion that the U.S. intends to exercise outright control over Venezuela rather than its newly appointed acting leader, Delcy Rodríguez, who served as vice president under Maduro.
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