Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) tore into President Donald Trump’s declaration that he will “run” Venezuela in the aftermath of a military strike on the country and capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
“Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing?” Moulton, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, said Saturday on CNN.
Maduro was indicted on a slew of charges, including narco-terrorism conspiracy and cocaine importation conspiracy, and will be tried in the U.S, said Attorney General Pam Bondi in an announcement. In it, she called Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, “alleged international narco traffickers.”
Trump told reporters Saturday that the U.S. will “run” Venezuela until “a safe, proper, and judicious transition” can take place.
“So we don’t wanna be involved with somebody else getting in and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years,” Trump told reporters. “We’re gonna run it, essentially.”
