To start a war. In the days after capturing Nicolas Maduro, the administration offered up confusing and contradictory claims. They said that the United States was going to run Venezuela indefinitely, but then left most of the illegitimate Maduro regime in place. They said that American companies would go in and rebuild the refineries, even though most of the American companies said they wanted nothing to do with it. (02:02–02:11)
CLAIM
Asserts that the U.S. planned to run Venezuela but left Maduro's regime in place.
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