China Daily英語新聞 | 中國日報英語新聞丨Trump says US will take temporary control of Venezuela
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The United States will take interim control of Venezuela after capturing President Nicolas Maduro and does not rule out deploying US troops on the ground, US President Donald Trump said on Saturday, as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the US strikes set "a dangerous precedent". "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition," Trump said during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, hours after a US overnight attack on the South American country. A US occupation "won't cost us a anything" because the United States would be reimbursed from the "money coming out of the ground", Trump said, referring to Venezuela's oil reserves. Trump said American energy companies would rebuild Venezuela's broken infrastructure under US supervision. The president also said that the military operation against Maduro was not necessarily over, warning that the US stood ready to escalate if required. "We are ready ...