United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (25) that he is open to talking to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, signaling a possible diplomatic opening amid the growing military escalation between the two countries.
“If we can save lives, if we can do things the easy way, great. And if we have to do it the hard way, that’s fine too,” Trump declared.
He added that their respective teams are already in contact with the aim of organizing a .
Trump made the comments aboard Air Force One as he traveled to his private residence in Florida for Thanksgiving.
When asked about the objectives of the actions against Venezuela, the American president declared: “They were, I mean, probably the biggest abusers with the Tren de Aragua and all the others they sent, the traffickers, the drug kingpins, the people they sent, the inmates. They opened their jails and prisons and dumped them in the United States. And we are not happy about that.”
His statements point to the possibility of a direct conversation with the aim of easing the impasse that has drastically increased .
