President Donald Trump is reportedly frustrated by the likes of national security adviser John Bolton for overconfidence about the toppling of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro.
President Donald Trump reportedly described Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro as a “tough cookie” and believes his administration has underestimated the socialist leader, who held on to power in the face of an uprising against his regime in Caracas.
But the senior military leadership remained loyal to Maduro and Guaidó's plot dissipated, with his allies facing recriminations for supposed treason. Maduro’s security forces clashed violently with anti-regime protesters in the aftermath of what he called a U.S.-backed coup. Bolton also claimed three senior officials in the regime—Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, Supreme Court Chief Justice Maikel Moreno and Presidential Guard Commander Hernandez Dala— were ready to shun Maduro. However, they remained publicly loyal to him.
The president has pitched himself as a non-interventionist figure, preferring to focus on domestic issues over foreign policy adventurism unless absolutely necessary. But Bolton’s actions have raised the stakes and expectations over crisis-stricken Venezuela.
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