by Stefano Vaccara
NEW YORK (ITALPRESS) – President Donald Trump appeared tired when, shortly after 4:30am on Saturday, he responded to a phone call from Tyler Pager, correspondent of the White House of the New York Times, just ten minutes after announcing on the social media that the United States had captured the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. The call, for a total of 50 seconds, represents one of the first direct contacts of the President with the press after the military operation against Venezuela.
In his brief interview with the American daily newspaper, Trump stressed the success of the mission, insisting on the quality of planning and effectiveness of the forces employed. “There was a lot of good planning and extraordinary troops, very exceptional people,” he said at the New York Times. “It was a brilliant operation, really.” An evaluation that the White House intends to use to strengthen the narrative of a rapid and resolute action, despite the first news of victims on the ground.
When asked if he had sought prior authorization from Congress before ordering what he himself called a “wide-scale attack”, Trump avoided entering the merit. “We will talk about it,” he replied. “We will make a press conference.” In the message published on social media, the president indicated 11 am in the morning as a time when he will clarify the details of the operation, speaking from his private residence of Mar-a-Lago, where he spent the last two weeks. Even when he was asked what he imagined now for the future of Venezuela and why a high-risk operation was deemed necessary, Trump sent back every answer to the press conference: “You will hear everything at 11,” he said, before you hang up.
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