White House’s Stephen Miller: The US is in chargepublished at 23:12 GMT 5 January
23:12 GMT 5 January
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Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, insists that the US is running Venezuela despite the swearing in of Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez after the capture of Nicolas Maduro.
Appearing on CNN on Monday, Miller says the US wants an interim government “that will respect the interests of the people of Venezuela” and a government that wants “a good, peaceful, secure future for Venezuela”.
He adds that “the best decision they can make is to cooperate fully and completely with the United States”.
Miller, who is also the White House’s homeland security adviser, reiterates Trump’s remarks over the weekend that the US will “run” the country.
He says the “US is in charge” and also will “set the terms and conditions” there, including a “complete embargo on all of their oil and their ability to do commerce.”
“The United States is using its military to secure our interest unapologetically in our hemisphere. We’re a superpower, and under President Trump, we are going to conduct ourselves as a superpower,” Miller says.
“It is absurd that we would allow a nation in our own backyard to become the supplier of resources to our adversaries, but not to us,” he also says.
During the interview, he turns from Venezuela and says his country “should have Greenland as part of the United States”.