But it's also a crisis that threatens the safety and security of our allies in Latin America and eventually of the United States of America. The dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro and the creeping influence and military presence of our global adversaries represent a clear and present danger to the entire Western Hemisphere. There are some who will say that this isn't our fight, that the millions of Venezuelans suffering 2,000 miles away are not our concern. (05:05–05:18)
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Asserts that Maduro's regime and foreign influence pose a danger to the Western Hemisphere.
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