After US expectations were dashed this week for a transition of power in Venezuela, President Trump is urging caution among senior advisers moving forward and expressing frustration that some aides are more openly teasing military intervention, sources say
After a phone call with President Vladimir Putin on Friday, Trump also downplayed Russia's involvement in Venezuela, contradicting claims from top Trump administration officials that Moscow continues to prop up the regime there.It amounted to, at times, a picture of a President at odds with the officials who this week have called vociferously for a change in power in Caracas and have consistently declined to rule out a US military intervention.
"This was really a true review and then making sure that we're all in alignment," acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters after the meeting."We have a comprehensive set of options tailored to certain conditions, and I'm just going to maybe leave it at that."His circumspect answer reflected a desire from Trump to maintain a more guarded public stance on the prospect of military action, which he has not ruled out.
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