It's governed by a narco trafficking organization that has empowered itself of a nation state. And we have seen, I believe, upwards of 7, 8, 9 million Venezuelans have just left the country. More expected to leave. I was in strong disagreement with the Biden administration because they got played the way I knew they would get played [in negotiations with Maduro]. They entered into negotiations with Maduro. He agreed to have elections. The elections were completely fake. They leveraged migration against us to get those concessions. (05:28–05:34)
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Asserts that the Biden administration was deceived in negotiations with Maduro.
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