Trump's Fmr. Venezuela Envoy Hits President for Declaring US Will Now Run' the Country: It's Too Complex For Us'

"I doubt there'sbeen much planningdone for this, but partly because it was necessary to retain operational security, Abrams said about the surprise U.S. attack that led to the strongman's abduction. I don't think many people in the government knew this was going to happen. Abrams declared that the U.S. cannot run Venezuela, and neither should Delcy Rodriguez, Maduro's second-in-command. I think first of all, the United States should be demanding the expulsion of Cuban and Iranian officials from Venezuela,"

"We should be demanding the liberation of all political prisoners right now, and we should be supporting Edmundo Gonzalez, who won that election in 2024 with a 70% landslideThat's what we should be supporting; The guy who won the election should be president. Abrams went on to suggest that Trump spoke off-the-cuff when he answered a reporter's question about who would run the country now that Maduro was in U.S. detention pending narco-trafficking charges."

"'You know, nobody else used that word run' until he did, Abrams said, continuing: And my thought is that that didn't appear in some, you know, paper done through a long interagency process that it just came out of the president, and that nobody else expected to run Venezuela. It would be extremely difficult. You know, it's a very big country. It's twice the size of California, 25 million people, roughly."

President Trump declared the U.S. would run Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro was detained, a statement that reportedly surprised many staff. Abrams doubts extensive planning occurred, citing necessary operational security and limited government awareness. Abrams says the United States cannot run Venezuela and rejects Delcy Rodriguez as a replacement. Abrams urges expulsion of Cuban and Iranian officials, immediate liberation of political prisoners, and support for Edmundo Gonzalez, the 2024 election winner. Abrams suggests Trump's 'run' remark was off-the-cuff rather than an interagency plan. Abrams emphasizes Venezuela's large size and complexity and recommends supporting a democratic, popular government to rehabilitate the country.

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