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Former Defence Secretary Mark Esper (left) claims that Trump considered assassinating Madruo during a meeting with Juan Guaido
[Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead]
FORMER US President Donald Trump considered assassinating his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro during a White House meeting with usurper Juan Guaido, according to former Defence Secretary Mark Esper.
He made the revelations in his forthcoming book A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defence During Extraordinary Times, Venezuela’s permanent representative to the United Nations Samuel Moncada said on Sunday.
According to Mr Esper, Trump is alleged to have invited Mr Guaido, who the United States recognised as the true leader of Venezuela, to the White House along with Julio Borges and Carlos Vecchio.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
