The US will ‘run’ Venezuela for now, Trump says after armed assault on capital
The United States will “run” Venezuela in the wake of an assault on the country centered on the capture of the country’s leader in Caracas, President Donald Trump said Saturday.More than 150 aircraft took part in the attack, which destroyed and suppressed Venezuelan air defenses before Delta Force operators landed at the presidential palace and seized Nicolás Maduro and his wife just after 2 a.m. local time, officials told reporters. The capturing force then withdrew fro
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