TRUMP READY TO INTERVENE IN VENEZUELAPresident Trump said Monday the U.S. is prepared to “take further action” to intervene in Venezuela’s democratic collapse — apparently hinting once again at a possible military campaign there.
At a dinner with Latin American leaders on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, Trump called the burgeoning crisis in Venezuela “totally unacceptable” and said the U.S. was ready to ensure its democracy could be restored.
“The Venezuelan people are starving,” Trump said.
“The country is collapsing, their democratic institutions are being destroyed.”
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been pushing the country toward autocracy as he struggles to turn around an unprecedented financial crisis spurred by a drop in global oil prices. Venezuela is a major oil producer and supplies 10% of the oil consumed by the U.S.
