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Marco Rubio: “A lot of countries didn't like what we did in Venezuela…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Sec. Of State Marco Rubio Holds Press Conference With Slovak PM Robert Fico

Published | Video Starts at 23:31

And maybe just make one more point because I think you asked him a question in order to like, see if you can get him against us with something about, oh, you criticize. A lot of countries didn't like what we did in Venezuela. That's okay. That was in our national interest. I'm sure there's something he'll do one day that we don't like and we'll say, hey, we didn't like you did this. So what? That doesn't mean we're not going to be friends. (23:31–23:36)

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Asserts that U.S. actions in Venezuela were in the national interest despite international criticism.

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