A day after suggesting that he could overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump indicated that a meeting between the two leaders could be possible at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)—but didn’t rule out military action.
“All options are on the table, every one,” Trump told the press Wednesday. “The strong ones and the less than strong ones and you know what I mean by strong. Every option is on the table with respect to Venezuela.”
The statement, doubling down on Trump’s earlier threat that Venezuela “could be toppled very quickly by the military if the military decides to do that,” was just the latest threat of violent action against a foreign country by the Trump administration, coming a day after the president’s speech on Iran.
Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza quickly denounced Trump’s earlier threat as “grotesque.”
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“Of course, because it isn’t his family that’s going to die, it’s easy for [Trump] to promote violence and the assassination of leaders in a country,” Arreaza said.
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