Trump says Venezuela is being run by a dictator

Trump says Venezuela is being run by a dictator

“I know it very well, and Venezuela is right now being run by a dictator,” Trump said in an interview on the Kick livestreaming platform.

Following a July 28 election, Venezuela’s electoral council declared President Maduro, in power since 2013, the winner with 51% of the vote, drawing accusations of fraud by the opposition.

The opposition says its own detailed tally showed opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez likely received 67% of the vote.

© Reuters. Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally held along his running mate Senator JD Vance, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 3, 2024.  REUTERS/Megan Varner

In the interview, Trump went on to say that crime was down drastically in Venezuela because “they’ve taken their criminal elements … and they’ve moved them into the United States” – a remark pointed at the Biden administration’s border-security policies.

“(T)hey’re drug dealers, they’re criminals, They’re murderers, they’re rapists. Everything’s been moved into the United States,” Trump said without citing evidence.

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