Not since the Cuban Missile Crisis has Russia taken such aggressive steps to expand their influence in the region. Meanwhile, China evades sanctions we have placed on the regime by investing in the country and extending generous loans to prop up the dictatorship in Caracas. The United States faces a serious national security threat and a humanitarian crisis at our doorstep. This is becoming as dangerous for us as the Syrian civil war has been for Europe, Israel and Jordan. (14:08–14:17)
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Asserts that China is evading U.S. sanctions by financially supporting the Venezuelan regime.
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