Republican Senator.. The United States offered Maduro to leave Venezuela
Displayed United States on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is leaving for Russia or another country, Republican Senator Markwayne Mullen said on Sunday, as Washington deploys military forces off the coast of Venezuela.
The Oklahoma state senator told CNN: "We gave Maduro a chance to leave, we told him he could leave for Russia or another country"
These statements come in light of severe tensions between the United States and Venezuela.
US forces in the Caribbean Sea
US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of military forces in the Caribbean Sea, and called for Venezuela’s airspace to be considered "Completely closed"after sending the largest aircraft carrier in the world to the region.
The Republican billionaire justifies these operations by accusing Caracas of being behind drug smuggling to the United States.
Maduro denies these accusations, saying that Washington is using them as a pretext to overthrow him and seize his country’s oil reserves, and his government on Saturday ordered military maneuvers along the coast.
Regime change in Venezuela
And on Saturday, a Republican senator also spoke Lindsey Graham has spoken publicly about the possibility of regime change in Venezuela.
He said in a post on the X platform: "For more than a decade, Maduro has controlled a terrorist narco-state that is poisoning America"describing the Venezuelan president as "Illegitimate leader"
He continued: "President Trump’s steadfast commitment to ending this madness in Venezuela will save countless American lives and give our dear Venezuelan people a new chance.".
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