The president of the United States, Donald Trump, mentioned in a brief video exchange posted by the Rapid Response account, a possible visit to Venezuela.
When directly asked, “When do you plan to visit Venezuela?”, Trump replied, “I will make a visit to Venezuela,” without announcing a date or confirming travel plans to the South American country.
In the same dialogue on Friday, Trump interrupts to ask the interlocutor, "Where are you from?" to which the response is, "I'm from Colombia." Following that, the president adds simply, "We had a good meeting," without providing further details.
Trump also made other statements about the bilateral relationship and oil: he said that the U.S. “has a very good relationship with the president of Venezuela” and that “our major oil companies are coming in” to extract crude and sell it, with a portion of those revenues going to Venezuela.
When asked if he would recognize Delcy Rodríguez's government as the official government of Venezuela, Trump affirmed: "We already have."
One of the journalists raised the issue of a possible attack on Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela, a scenario that the American dismissed.
"Are you considering launching ground attacks against Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela?" was the question. "Don't worry about that," Trump replied.
After the capture of Nicolás Maduro and the rise of Delcy Rodríguez as interim president of Venezuela, the relationship between Washington and Caracas took an unexpected turn.
In January, Donald Trump confirmed from the White House that he had a “long and excellent” phone conversation with Rodríguez, whom he described as a “fantastic person.”
In that communication, both leaders discussed energy, trade, and security issues, and the American president welcomed the new climate of cooperation.
Trump stated that the bilateral relationship “is going very well” and highlighted the shipment of 50 million barrels of oil to the United States as part of an agreement overseen by his administration.
The exchange between the two leaders reflected a phase of relaxation in U.S. policy toward Venezuela, marked by a combination of economic pragmatism and political control.
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