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- President Donald Trump is taking his pressure campaign to the next level against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and making it clear he doesn’t believe the strongman should be leading the country — all while China and Russia are speaking out on the escalating conflict involving their ally.
- The Trump administration has launched a series of strikes targeting alleged drug boats off the coast of Latin America in recent months and announced this month a "complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela" as his administration has significantly beefed up its naval assets in the region.
- While the Trump administration has said that these efforts align with the administration’s effort to curb the influx of drugs into the U. S., the campaign also appears geared toward removing Maduro from power.
- This isn’t the first attempt by Trump to squeeze out Maduro.
