Trump says Venezuelan president ‘doesn’t want to f— around with the United States’
US President Donald Trump said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro “doesn’t want to f— around with the United States” amid rising tensions between the countries.
The US has acknowledged carrying out several strikes on vessels near Venezuela that it says were transporting drugs, killing at least 27 people.
Venezuela’s government has said the strikes are illegal, amount to murder and are an act of aggression against the country.
Maduro, who has shored up his security powers and deployed tens of thousands of troops across the country, has also accused Trump of seeking regime change, an allegation the US president has downplayed.
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