The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated that “only time will tell” how long the US will maintain supervision of Venezuela, in an interview published by the American newspaper The New York Times this Thursday (8).
Asked by the vehicle whether it would be three months, six months, a year or more, Trump replied: “I would say much longer.”
“We’re going to rebuild it in a very profitable way,” the president said of Venezuela, adding, “We’re going to use and we’re going to import oil. We’re going to lower oil prices and we’re going to give money to Venezuela, which desperately needs it.”
He added that the US is “getting along very well” with the interim president’s government at the moment, according to the newspaper.
On Tuesday (6), Trump revealed a plan to refine and sell until they were stranded in Venezuela due to the US blockade, in a further sign that Washington is coordinating actions with the Venezuelan government since the capture of President Nicolás Maduro in an operation last weekend.
“They are giving us everything we consider necessary,” declared the president, referring to the Venezuelan government.
