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Trump says he’s seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st US state

The Independent·The Independent·21 days ago
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President Donald Trump has once again suggested that his administration will try to annex Venezuela, telling Fox News that he is seriously considering a move to make the South American nation the 51st U.S. state. The president has repeatedly threatened to annex several sovereign nations and territories or use military force to control them, including Canada, Greenland, Panama and Cuba. But his latest comments follow a lethal military operation to arrest Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, while working alongside oil companies to seize oil infrastructure. Trump is now “seriously considering a move to make Venezuela the 51st state,” according to Fox News correspondent John Roberts , who spoke to the president Monday. Following Maduro’s capture in January, White House officials have shuttled back and forth to Caracas to broker deals with U.S.…

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