"Well, I think unquestionably she and Edmundo Gonzalez, who stood in for her as the actual opposition candidate for president and from whom the election was stolen, are both really the legitimate government of Venezuela, but also a fundamental plank in the legitimacy of the action that Trump took in removing Maduro from Venezuela. When he is not a legitimate head of state, as we believe when we're acting at the request of the legitimate government, that's perfectly okay under anybody's definition of international law."
"Ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton torched his old boss over his dismissal of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, arguing that the president doesn't understand anything during a Tuesday morning appearance on CNN. Shortly his administration took erstwhile dictator Nicolas Maduro into custody, Trump asserted that Machado doesn't have the support within or the respect within the country to succeed Maduro."
John Bolton criticized President Trump's dismissal of Maria Corina Machado and questioned the president's grasp of the Venezuelan situation. Bolton described Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez as the legitimate government of Venezuela and as essential to legitimizing Maduro's removal. Bolton argued that acting at the request of a legitimate government makes the removal permissible under international law. Bolton warned that abandoning Machado and negotiating with Delcy Rodriguez and Maduro loyalists is a mistake because those loyalists will not voluntarily exit power. Bolton emphasized that the opposition, which voted overwhelmingly against Maduro, can provide stability, not the failed Maduro regime.
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