LAS MINUTE: Trump contradicts his government by denying Putin's interference in Venezuela






Several days accusing each other of interfering in the internal crisis in Venezuela, the presidents of the United States and Russia have addressed the issue in a long telephone conversation in which they also discussed the situation in North Korea, as reported by the spokesperson for the White House, Sarah Sanders. The conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lasted for more than an hour. Trump's summary of the talk has caused stupefaction in Washington.

Contrary to what has been defended in public by several prominent members of his Administration, the US president believes that Moscow is neither involved in what is currently happening in Venezuela nor wants to be more. "Putin does not want to get involved in Venezuela any more than he would like to see something positive happen for the country," the president told the press in the oval office. "And I see it in the same way," he added, although a few weeks ago he himself energetically asked Russia to "get away from Venezuela." "I thought it was a very useful conversation" on the subject, the president concluded, without specifying if any understanding has been reached.






Trump's version of Russia's level of involvement, taking Putin's word for good, has reminded him of how he has led the opposition to his own intelligence services about Russian electoral interference in 2016 or the knowledge of North Korean leader Kim Jong. One on the state of health of an American hostage who died when he was returned. The president's words contradict, for example, the assertion made only a few hours earlier by Michael Bolton, the US national security adviser. "Nicolás Maduro only resists in power because he has the support of Russia and Cuba, which are the only foreign countries with troops in the country. Without foreign interference, the democratic process in Venezuela would already be underway today, "Bolton, architect of White House policy towards the Caribbean country, has tweeted.





Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, defended this week in public that both Russia and Cuba are helping to resist the Maduro government and even accused the Kremlin of having prevented him from leaving the country by plane to Havana, as they maintain that he had It is not clear what happened in these talks and it is not ruled out that Washington would fall into a trap.

The heads of US and Russian diplomacy have been summoned next week in Finland to address the crisis in Venezuela. The tension has gone on more in recent days with the decision of Juan Guaidó, with the support of the United States, to call the people to rise up against Nicolás Maduro, who has in Russia and Cuba his main international support.



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