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President Donald Trump has denied that he is seeking regime change in Venezuela even as he has ordered a large build-up of U.S. military assets off its coast and increased threats against the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro.

"We're not talking about that,” Trump told reporters Friday when asked if the U.S. was looking to oust Maduro—something that he attempted in his first term.

"The Maduro regime is not the legitimate government of Venezuela. It is a narco-terror cartel,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters in August when asked about the buildup of troops in the region. “[Trump] is prepared to use every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into our country and to bring those responsible to justice.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi was already offering a reward of $50 million for information leading to Maduro’s arrest and seized up to $700 million of assets allegedly linked to him on Aug. 13, including luxury goods, bank accounts, and private jets. The U.S. government does not recognize the legitimacy of his last two election victories, and Trump again on Friday called Maduro’s victory in January “a very strange election to put it mild.”

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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The U.S. government does not recognize the legitimacy of his last two election victories, and Trump again on Friday called Maduro’s victory in January “a very strange election to put it mild.”

So you're not seeking a regime change, but you do have a country surrounded by war ships, and you did murder 11 people on a random boat on Tuesday morning, and nobody seems to have publicly heard from the dictator that you're not trying to over throw since almost a full week ago on Monday?

Also, you don't believe his regime is the legitimate government of Venezuela because his victory in January was due to a "very strange election to put it mild."

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And they've set $50M bounty on the country leader's head.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump denies

In other words, it's confirmed.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

I sort of believe it in that Maduro is enough of a bogeyman for the GOP that him being there let's them justify literally any action.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don’t listen to anything orange hitler says he’s definitely gonna try to do a regime change. And use the excuse of the conflict to suspend the midterms next year.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

100% chance the US will start a war to avoid the mid terms. And it will work because American fucking love bombing little countries.

[–] commander@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

The US has wanted regime change since Hugo Chavez won in 1998

[–] karashta@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago

"Regime change". I hate this soft worded bullshit.

It's a coup. Or overthrowing a sovereign government.

"Journalists" that write like this are such a huge part of the problem in this country.

There’s no headline - Trump denies everything that anyone conceives as negative, but always is doing said negative thing.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Hm, why Venezuela, I wonder....that's a real thinker, isn't it?

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

department of war...