The announcement of the US president’s White House speech amid skyrocketing tensions with Venezuela had sparked speculation that he may announce military action against the country or at least make the case for a future war.
But Trump – who has imposed an oil blockade on Venezuela and amassed US military assets near the country – did not address the crisis with the Latin American nation.
He also only vaguely alluded to his campaign of military strikes against alleged boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific, saying that the US “decimated the bloodthirsty foreign drug cartels”.
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The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly defeated a resolution directing the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with or against Venezuela without congressional authorization.
ReplyDeleteThe Republican-majority House voted 213 to 211 against this resolution.