The paper said Trump would not give a precise time range for how long the US would oversee Venezuela. When asked if it would be months, or longer than a year, he said it would be “much longer.”
Trump also remained focused on Venezuela’s oil industry. He said: “We’re going to be using oil, and we’re going to be taking oil. We’re getting oil prices down, and we’re going to be giving money to Venezuela, which they desperately need.”
Trump rebuffed questions about why he recognized Delcy Rodriguez as Venezuela’s new leader. She had been President Nicolas Maduro’s vice president. He said that his administration is “getting along very well” with the leadership there right now.
Trump spoke extensively about how he views the US operation to seize Maduro as a big success. The newspaper said he appeared “far more focused on the capture mission, than the details of how to navigate Venezuela’s future.” He also declined to say what might spur him to put US forces on the ground in the country.
