In a wide-ranging press conference on Saturday, US President Donald Trump on Saturday explained the operation to extract Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro from Caracas, said Washington would temporarily “run” the country, and warned neighboring Colombia to be wary.
Here are the highlights of the press conference, in Trump’s own words:
“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition.”
“The people that are standing right behind me, we’re going to be running it. We’re going to be bringing it back.” (Behind him were Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, senior aide Stephen Miller, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and top US General Dan Caine)
– On working with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez –
“She’s essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again, very simple.”
– On Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado
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