· in short, trump ’ s plan for venezuela is to coerce its acting president to become a vessel for his power inside her own country. His words may have been influenced by his fondness for authoritarian strongmen. · trump said yesterday he had greenlit covert cia actions inside venezuela and threatened to carry out military strikes inside the country, escalating tensions between caracas and washington. Attacked venezuela , captured president nicolás maduro, and will now run the country and take over its oil industry, according to president trump. Here’s what happened and collected. · these rare and candid comments from the president occurred just hours after the new york times disclosed that the trump administration had given the cia the green light to execute clandestine, lethal missions in venezuela. · many analysts were puzzled by trump ’ s comments, which can only be interpreted as a bid to end the impasse in venezuela and achieve something there, even if it’s not what the u. s. The decision to back maduro’s close aide, rather than his opponents, was driven by the cia ’s conclusions and trump ’s personal disillusionment. Has sought so far.
