Trump blamed past U.S. administrations
for the current crisis and, without naming specific administrations, said they
should have been “more forward thinking.” “These are things that should never
have been allowed to happen,” Trump said. “But I’ll fix it.” The high-profile
meeting and the preceding bilateral discussions with Vice President Mike Pence
are the latest attempt by the Trump administration to keep U.S. attention on
the crisis and increase pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who has
been able to maintain territorial control of the country. Rosales thanked Trump
and Pence as well as national security adviser John Bolton. She described “a
terrible crisis” in Venezuela where children are dying. She told Trump she was
afraid for her husband’s life, explaining that he had been attacked just the
previous day. More…
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