Trump said on Saturday the US was going “to run the country until such time as we can do a safe and proper and judicious transition”.
It is unclear exactly how the US plans to run Venezuela or who will be involved, but Trump said it would be a “group” effort.
He added that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had been talking to Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s vice president, who has since been named interim president by Venezuela’s Supreme Court.
Trump said she had expressed her willingness to do “whatever the US asks”.
Rodríguez later appeared on state television to demand Maduro’s release, saying he was the “only president”.
Trump also said he had not spoken to Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado, who he characterised as having neither the support nor the respect within Venezuela to become its leader.
Machado had earlier called for Edmundo González to assume power. She had rallied support for González in the 2024 presidential election and vote tallies released by her party suggest he won by a landslide.
COURTESY: BBC
