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Venezuela’s interim leader defies Trump and calls Maduro the ‘only president’ (www.nytimes.com)
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Trump said that Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodríguez, would help the United States run Venezuela. She quickly said the opposite.

Trump said Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president and would act as a partner in letting the United States run the country.

“She’s essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again,” he said.

Less than two hours later, Ms. Rodríguez — who was Nicolás Maduro’s vice president — delivered a televised address to Venezuela that made clear she viewed the United States as an illegal invader that must be rejected.

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[–] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Removing the Dictator doesn't get rid of the Dictatorship without actual occupation and regime change, like the US did in Iraq.

Trump thinks he can remove the head of state then that makes him the head of state. Like some sort of video game or something - you capture the capital city once and suddenly you own all the territory. That's just not how this works, and there are clear recent examples to show it.

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