President Donald Trump said today (Tuesday) in an interview he gave to NBC that the United States "is not at war with Venezuela" - but made it clear that there is a deep and long-term American involvement in the country, following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.
Trump made it clear that new elections will not be held in Venezuela in the near future, because "the country must first be fixed - you cannot hold elections when there are no basic conditions and the people are not even able to vote.".
Trump described Venezuela as a country in need of "reconstruction," and estimated that the process would take time. It is a project that he said could last up to 18 months and require a huge financial investment.
According to him, the United States is considering subsidizing a broad move to restore Venezuela's energy and oil infrastructure, through American and international oil companies.
""The oil companies will invest the money, and later they will be compensated - either by us or from the revenues," he said.
The president emphasized that the United States is in a fight against drug traffickers and criminal elements who "feed the flow of drugs and illegal immigration into the United States.".
Trump confirmed that if Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, who was sworn in as interim president after Maduro's arrest, stops cooperating, the US is prepared for the possibility of further military action, although he does not believe it will be necessary.
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