Trump officials reportedly grew frustrated with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado after she failed to show detail how she would rule the country if authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro was toppled, according to a new report.
The New York Times detailed the different factors that contributed to the decision to engage with interim President Delcy Rodriguez. One of them was that the opposition would have a hard time ruling the country, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio persuading Trump that a lack of support from the armed forces could destabilize the country and require military presence.
