And now Democrats, foreign policy insiders, and the media are scrambling to figure out whether he’s dead serious or doing what Trump does best: forcing the entire country to talk about an idea nobody saw coming.
During a conversation Monday with Fox News anchor John Roberts, Trump reportedly floated the possibility of turning Venezuela into America’s next state, a remark that immediately detonated across social media and cable news.
According to Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin, Trump told Roberts he is “seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st US state.”
Trump reportedly pointed to the country’s staggering oil wealth as a major reason behind the idea.
“There is $40 trillion in oil there,” Trump allegedly said, before adding that “Venezuela loves Trump.”
That one comment instantly transformed Venezuela from a foreign policy headache into the center of America’s political conversation.
And it comes at a time when the South American nation has already been thrown into historic upheaval following the dramatic collapse of Nicolás Maduro’s regime earlier this year.
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