"Hours after the US government's violent abduction of longtime Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump told reporters that opposition leader and recent Nobel laureate María Corina Machado lacked the "support or respect" to take a role in government. She grovelingly replied by offering to "share" her Nobel award with the US president. Meanwhile the European Union-awarded the Nobel Prize in 2012-was blindsided by the US assault on Caracas."
"Trump's own remarks after the kidnapping of Maduro didn't help his European allies to save face. He hadn't advised them in advance, and didn't bother to claim that he was acting with or for the international community. Trump instead boasted that might is right, and that this administration is putting the US national interest first. The United States, Trump told us, would "run" Venezuela, and its oil industry."
The United States carried out a violent abduction of longtime Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, prompting international uproar. Donald Trump said opposition leader and recent Nobel laureate María Corina Machado lacked the 'support or respect' to govern; Machado offered to 'share' her Nobel with him. The European Union, a 2012 Nobel laureate, was blindsided by the US assault and issued guarded communiqués invoking international law without explicitly declaring the operation illegal. EU leaders highlighted the UN Charter and Security Council responsibilities but stopped short of naming any state's failure to uphold the rules. Some EU officials advised against immediate comment on legality, and Trump openly celebrated American dominance and control over Venezuelan oil.
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