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Trump saw Venezuela as ‘really part of the US’, thought invasion ‘cool’ – but backtracked because of Putin, Bolton claims

17-6-2020 < RT 16 121 words
 

US President Donald Trump thought it would be “cool” to invade Venezuela but was persuaded not to by “Soviet-style propaganda” from Moscow, claims former national security adviser John Bolton in book excerpts leaked to the press.


Trump said invading Venezuela would be “cool” and described the South American country as “really part of the United States,” according to the Washington Post, one of the three publications that was given access to some content of Bolton’s memoir, ‘The Room Where It Happened.’ 




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