U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez may pay a bigger price than ousted leader Nicolas Maduro “if she doesn’t do what’s right,” according to an interview with The Atlantic magazine. Trump made it clear in the interview that he does not intend to accept Rodriguez’s defiant opposition to the American military intervention that led to Maduro’s capture.
Trump, in a telephone interview with journalist Michael Scherer, reaffirmed that Venezuela may not be the last country subject to American intervention. “We do need Greenland, absolutely,” he said, describing the island – a sovereign territory of NATO member Denmark – as “surrounded by Russian and Chinese ships.”
Trump made it clear in the interview that he does not intend to accept Rodriguez’s defiant opposition to the American military intervention that led to Maduro’s capture.
In discussing Venezuela’s future, Trump signaled a clear shift away from his previous distaste for regime change and nation-building, saying, “You know, rebuilding there and regime change, anything you want to call it, is better than what you have right now. Can’t get any worse,” he said.