"WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has made broad but vague assertions that the United States is going to "run" Venezuela after the ouster of Nicolás Maduro but has offered almost no details about how it will do so, raising questions among some lawmakers and former officials about the administration's level of planning for the country after Maduro was gone."
""It strikes me that we have no idea whatsoever as to what's next," said Dan Fried, a retired career diplomat, former assistant secretary of state and sanctions coordinator who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations."
""For good operational reasons, there were very few people who knew about the raid, but Trump's remarks about running the country and Rubio's uncomfortable walk back suggests that even within that small group of people, there is disagreement about how to proceed," said Fried who is now with the Atlantic Council think tank."
President Donald Trump asserted that the United States will "run" Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro's ouster while offering almost no operational details. Public statements from Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio presented contradictory signals about whether the U.S. intends to assume day-to-day governance or leave Maduro's subordinates in place. Rubio indicated reliance on existing sanctions on Venezuela's oil sector and criminal gangs to exert leverage. Some lawmakers and former officials expressed concern about the level of planning for post-Maduro governance. Comparisons were made to extensive planning before other U.S. interventions, such as Iraq in 2003, which still produced imperfect outcomes.
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