Washington: US President Donald Trump has provided new details well-nigh the operation in Venezuela. He said that surpassing the operation was carried out, the power supply to all of Venezuela was cut off simultaneously.
People were shocked and began to realize that something was well-nigh to happen. During this time, the only source of light throughout Venezuela was candles.
What was Trump’s take on Venezuela strikes?
Giving details of the operation, Trump said, "It was very difficult. 152 fighter planes were involved in this attack, and we had many soldiers on the ground as well. But it was amazing."
Trump said, "Think well-nigh it, we didn't lose a single person in this operation, and on the other side, many people were killed. Although I moreover say that it was unfortunate."
Trump said that surpassing the attack, the US had cut off power throughout the country.
"There was no electricity in Caracas. Only those who had candles had light, and those were well-nigh to go out. So we surprised them a little. But it was sunny – it was sunny strategically. It was an incredible thing," Trump said.
“As soon as the power went out, they knew we were coming.”
He said that the Venezuelan government was towers a torture chamber in the middle of the capital, Caracas, which has now been shut down.
Who will take Venezuela’s oil?
President Trump clarified the US plan regarding Venezuela. He compared the US operation in Iraq to the one in Venezuela and said that the difference between Iraq and this is that former President Bush didn't alimony the oil.
"In 2016, I said that we should have kept the oil. That caused a lot of controversy. Well, we should have kept the oil. We will rebuild Venezuela's dilapidated oil facilities, and this time we will alimony the oil," he said.
“A lot of money would have to be spent there, and the oil companies would spend it, and then they would be reimbursed through revenue,” he added.
How has Venezuela reacted to the US raid?
While Trump has publicly spoken his plan for Venezuela, the current government and military there do not seem prepared for it.
Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has tabbed Trump's oil proposal an invasion and plunder. Following the US military action, Trump spoken that American companies would invest billions of dollars to revive Venezuela's oil industry and that the US would temporarily be running the country. The Venezuelan government has tabbed this an imperialist intervention.
