The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has again suggested this Monday, in a jocular tone, that he could run for the Presidency of Venezuela, relying on the good levels of popularity that, according to him, he has among the Venezuelan population.
"They say that if I ran for president of Venezuela I would be the candidate with the most votes in the history of Venezuela. So when I finish with this (the war in Iran), I can go to Venezuela," he stated during a press conference at the White House.
Trump has added that he will start studying Spanish. "I won't take long. I'm good at languages. I'll go to Venezuela and run for president," he said, maintaining his relaxed tone before reporters.
Immediately after, the US president has stressed that "we are very happy" with the "president-elect", alluding to the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, and has brought up the consequences of the dismantling of state structures after the invasion of Iraq.
"Remember (George W.) Bush in Iraq. He fired the generals, he fired the police (...). He fired everyone and do you know what they got? A mess. And what happened? Islamic State was formed. Those generals and those soldiers united and all together formed Islamic State. That is not going to happen to us," he argued.
In his assessment of the current situation, Trump has defended that "Venezuela is doing great." "We went in, we had great success. A military might never before seen," he highlighted when alluding to the operation in which President Nicolás Maduro was captured and in which around a hundred people lost their lives.
The Republican leader had already expressed himself in similar terms the previous week, when he maintained that he is the person "who has the most support in the polls" in the Latin American country. "And in other words, after the president, I believe I could go to Venezuela and run against Delcy," he then stated to the media, accompanied by Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.