Excerpt: "President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that all options are on the table for Venezuela after he recognized the country's opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president and called President Nicolas Maduro's government 'illegitimate.'"
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó declares himself interim president as thousands of people protest against Nicolás Maduro on January 23, 2019. (photo: Edilzon Gamez/Getty)
24 January 19
resident Donald Trump said on Wednesday that all options are on the table for Venezuela after he recognized the country’s opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president and called President Nicolas Maduro’s government “illegitimate.”
“We’re not considering anything, but all options are on the table,” he told reporters at the White House when asked if he was considering sending the U.S. military into Venezuela.
