“Maduro knows exactly what I want”

“I’m not ruling it out, no,” he said in a telephone interview broadcast this Friday by NBC News, days after ordering a “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, and military attacks on 28 alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific in which they have dead at least 104 people .

Last week, The United States also seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, an act that the Venezuelan Government condemned as “an act of international piracy.” Asked if more oil tanker seizures were expected, Trump responded with a “yes.” “If they are foolish enough to continue sailing, they will return to one of our ports,” he added.

In the interview, the Republican refused to reveal to NBC News If your ultimate goal is to overthrow Nicolás Maduro. However, he stated that The Venezuelan president “knows exactly what I want” . “He knows it better than anyone,” stressed the president, who had a phone call in November with Maduro.

His Administration has been increasing pressure on the Maduro Government for weeks, to which accused of leading the Cartel of the Sunssomething that Caracas denies.

The American president has promised several times that Attacks against alleged drug trafficking targets will begin “soon” within Venezuelan territory.

The fact that Trump does not rule out war represents a significant change, since campaigned against his country’s involvement in foreign conflicts, thus moving away from the traditional position of the Republican Party.

His bases have criticized him for focuses too much on foreign policy rather than domestic issuessuch as the increase in the cost of living in the United States.

In order for the United States to declare war, requires authorization from Congress. The Democratic Party insists that Trump needs the approval of the Legislature for attacks against alleged drug boats.