The Week: Officials believe Trump’s ‘war on narco-terrorism’ is actually a push to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro…
CBS News’ 60 Minutes: Ambassador James Story, who was the last American diplomat at the now-closed U.S. embassy in Venezuela, said the show of U.S. force in the region is likely intended to oust Maduro.
“This is a very bad actor sitting on top of the world’s largest known reserves of oil, plus the critical minerals that will fuel the 21st-century economy, and he’s in bed with our strategic competitors,” Story said…
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Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott said the U.S. is right to try and remove Maduro.
“If I was Maduro, I’d head to Russia or China right now,” he said.
The Republican senator feels confident that change is coming.
“His days are numbered,” Scott said. “Something’s gonna happen. Whether it’s internal or external, I think something’s gonna happen.”