Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday decried President Donald Trump on CNN for bombing Venezuela and forcibly eradicating its chief Nicolás Maduro — noting she helped elect Trump to cease such “globalist” conduct.
Greene mentioned the “concerning” trajectory of his administration on “The Source.”
“We can say thankfully that Maduro has been arrested, we can say we’re happy for the Venezuelan people, but we can also look to all the regime changes before — in Iraq and Libya and Syria — and we said the same things for the people of those countries,” she mentioned.
Greene continued, “But then watched those countries fall into turmoil and civil war and we’ve watched the rise of ISIS and terrorism, and we watched U.S. troops remain in those countries for a very long time and many flag-draped coffins come home.”
The Georgia Republican added that that is exactly what “many Americans don’t want” in regard to Venezuela, and that “it is disturbing to see the latest news” popping out of the South American nation “where there is chaos and possibly some sort of civil war.”
The Trump administration has launched lethal strikes on alleged drug boats from Venezuela since September, sustaining that the intention is to cease the move of illicit narcotics reminiscent of fentanyl — which the South American nation doesn’t produce — into the U.S.
The administration has additionally seized oil tankers from Venezuela, which holds the most important confirmed oil reserves on this planet. Trump confirmed throughout an interview Saturday after Maduro’s seize that the U.S. can be “strongly involved” in “the future” of Venezuela’s oil.
He informed NBC News on Monday that “MAGA loves what I’m doing.”
When requested about that declare, Greene informed Collins that she voted for Trump in all three latest presidential elections — however that she particularly voted for his marketing campaign guarantees of “no more foreign wars, no more regime change and putting the American people first.”
“We care about people, but we care about our country too,” mentioned Greene, including that the main focus needs to be “to help Americans afford life, afford health care, health insurance, be able to buy a home — an affordable home — and live the American dream.”
Former Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is now serving because the nation’s interim chief, and never Maduro’s chief opposition determine and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, though Trump has mentioned the U.S. will “run” Venezuela till a “transition” can happen.
“I would like to see our elected president and vice president and his administration running America,” Greene informed Collins about that announcement. “I think that’s most important for the American people and our interest, and we have real problems here at home.”
Greene has been a MAGA darling for years, however broke with Trump over his help of the “big, beautiful bill” that kicked hundreds of thousands of individuals off of Medicaid — and over his hesitance to launch labeled paperwork on late baby intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“Venezuela belongs to the Venezuelan people, and they should elect their own government leaders,” she mentioned Monday. “We have elected our government leaders, the Trump administration, and we have elected them to run American — not to be globalist.”
Greene continued, “Not to run other countries. Not to pursue regime change and foreign wars. We very much need our government and our government leaders to focus on the American people and the issues that we care about on Main Street, USA.”
CORRECTION: This story has been amended to precisely mirror how Delcy Rodríguez turned interim president of Venezuela.
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