In August 2017, discussing in the oval office, sanctions against Venezuela, President Donald trump has offered to turn «troubled country». This is on the condition of anonymity said a senior White house official.
According to the source, this sentence stunned those present at the meeting, including then Secretary of state, Rex Tillerson and the national security adviser Herbert McMaster.
McMaster and Tillerson has tried to explain to Trump what consequences will result in the invasion of Venezuela: the United States could lose the support of other Latin American governments opposed the dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro.
That day trump was no more to raise the issue, said an anonymous source, but returned to him in September of 2017, at the meeting with President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos. Two senior Colombian official has confirmed this information.
According to the source, on the eve of trump’s asked not to talk about the invasion of Venezuela, but at dinner with the Colombians he first thing said: «My staff told me not to talk about this.»
The white house declined to comment on private conversations of the President, but the press Secretary of the national security Council noted that the USA consider different ways to help restore democracy in Venezuela.
Nicolas Maduro became President of Venezuela in 2013 and was then reelected in may 2018. In the beginning of this year Venezuela has headed a rating of the most depressed economies in the world.
