Days after denying that the army of USA would attack “shortly” objectives in the territory of VenezuelaPresident Donald Trump said he “does not believe” that a war between the two nations.
In turn, Trump avoided confirming or denying whether his administration has plans to attack the South American country during an interview broadcast this Sunday on the television network C.B.S.and reviewed by the agency Efe.
Trump says that he does not believe that the United States will go to war with Venezuela, but when asked by journalists this Sunday, he has avoided answering if he has plans to attack within that country.
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When asked if the United States “is going to war with Venezuela,” Trump responded with a laconic “I doubt it. I don’t believe it.”
However, he reiterated that the government of that country had “treated the United States very badly,” arguing the alleged drug trafficking and illegal immigration of Venezuelan criminals to northern territory.
Questioned again about possible attacks on targets on Venezuelan soil, Trump stated that he did not want to say “if it is true or not,” adding that he would tell “a reporter if I am going to attack or not.”
“Assuming there were, would I tell you, honestly? Yes, we have plans. We have very secret plans,” he added.
Uncertainty about the board
The possibility of an imminent attack against targets in Venezuela took flight last Friday, when the newspaper The Wall Street Journal and Miami Herald They assured, citing “sources with knowledge of the situation,” that the Administration would attack military installations in that country.
Hours later, the American president expressed a categorical “no, it is not true,” in reference to those statements, something that also did that same day the Secretary of State, Marcos Rubio.
Trump denies that he decided to attack military installations in Venezuela
In another part of the interview granted to C.B.S.when asked if the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford in Caribbean waters could suggest an air operation, Trump replied wryly: “It has to be somewhere, it’s very big.”
“We’ll see what happens with Venezuela,” he said, while being emphatic about the future of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, when the journalist asked him if his days were numbered: “I would say yes, I think so,” he stated.
Trump did not spare his criticism of his Venezuelan counterpart, whom he pointed out as responsible for sending “thousands of people from prisons, mental institutions, and drug addicts” to the United States.
The United States maintains a dozen army vessels in the Caribbean, with 10,000 soldiers and F-35 aircraft. Added to this is the arrival in the area in the coming days of the aircraft carrier Gerald Ford, the largest and most modern in its fleet, which has nuclear propulsion and a crew of 5,000 soldiers.
