Key Highlights
- It’s our hemisphere.
- The Monroe Doctrine was very important when it was done, and other Presidents, a lot of them, lost sight of it.
- I didn’t.” From Anti-Drug Operation to Oil Control TalkNotably, the US President, in one of his first addresses, had called the attacks on Caracas a part of an anti-drug operation, insisting that Maduro has been indicted on charges of "drug trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracies".
- However, hours later, the President was seen openly discussing the Venezuelan oil and US' control over the industry.
- Trump had said that the US would be running Venezuela following its ouster of leader Nicolas Maduro, and American companies will revive the country's oil industry. Also Read - Iraq Deja Vu?
