WATCH LIVE: Trump talks toppling ‘dictator’ Maduro at Mar-a-Lago
At a Mar-a-Lago press conference, President Donald Trump addressed overnight U.S. strikes on Venezuela and claimed the U.S. captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife during a special operation in Caracas. The live briefing, scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, included Trump saying the U.S. would be “making the decision” about who should lead Venezuela next and that the U.S. would be involved in restoring liberty for the Venezuelan people. In an interview cited by the outlet, he described Maduro’s rule as essentially a dictatorship and said many Venezuelans “love the United States.” The Washington Examiner’s piece included an embedded live video and links to related stories.
WATCH LIVE: Trump talks toppling ‘dictator’ Maduro at Mar-a-Lago press conference
President Donald Trump is addressing the United States’s overnight strikes on Venezuela during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
The press briefing is set to begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning.
MADURO ‘CAPTURED’ AND TAKEN OUT OF VENEZUELA AFTER US MILITARY OPERATION IN CARACAS: TRUMP
The U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife during the special operation, according to Trump, who said in his first television interview following the strikes that the U.S. would be “making the decision” about who should lead the country next.
“We’ll be involved in it very much. And we want to do liberty for the people. We want to, you know, have a great relationship. I think the people of Venezuela are very, very happy because they love the United States. You know, they were run by, essentially, a dictatorship,” Trump said during an appearance on Fox and Friends.
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