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After arresting Venezuela's president, Trump and top U.S. officials warned other countries could be the targets of American intervention next.
US President Donald Trump has asked for at least $100bn (£75bn) in oil industry spending for Venezuela, but received a lukewarm response at the White House as one executive warned the South American country was currently "uninvestable".
During the interview, Trump took a lengthy call from President Gustavo Petro of Colombia, who was clearly concerned after repeated threats that Trump was considering an attack on the country similar to the one on Venezuela. Trump invited my colleagues to stay and listen, though what they heard was off the record.
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, who led the bipartisan resolution, said that Trump's actions in Venezuela are "clearly illegal" because he did not seek congressional approval.
After the Senate voted to move forward on a Venezuela war powers resolution, a group of House Democrats led by Rep. Jim McGovern introduced their own resolution that would ban U.S. military action in Venezuela without Congressional approval.
Trump unveiled a 'Happy Trump' lapel pin at at White House discussion of rebuilding Venezuela and possibly taking control of Greenland.
We’re not going to allow the Western Hemisphere to be a base of operation for adversaries, competitors and rivals of the United States,” Marco Rubio told NBC News this week.