Trump: "Bolton went too far in Venezuela" | D …

US President Donald Trump (photo) on Wednesday said his former former national security advisor, John Bolton, "had fallen into politics" vis-à-vis Venezuela, and that his statements about North Korea " had hurt him ". dialogue with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. "I disagreed with John Bolton as to his attitude towards Venezuela, I think it's been quite inappropriate, and I think it's been proven that I'm not sure what's going on. was right, "said Trump in response to the Oval Office.

Asked whether his doctrine regarding Venezuela could change now that Bolton left office, Trump simply stated that he had a "firm policy" with regard to that country. "Venezuela is going through a very difficult period and we are trying to help them in a humanitarian way," said Trump, who showed that his priority was to provide badistance and not "crush the terrible regime" of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, as Bolton wanted.

However, and despite the fact that Trump acknowledged that he had had "very high level" discussions with Chavismo, Trump did not want to answer the question of whether he is willing to meet Maduro, with whom he could accept this month in the Assembly. General of the United Nations. "I do not want to talk about it," said the president, who insisted that he continued to work "with Colombia and Brazil" to help Venezuelans.

In recent months, Trump has been frustrated by the lack of results in the campaign to overthrow Maduro after the United States. An international campaign will begin in January to give power to the opposition Juan Guaidó. The president accused Bolton last May of wanting to put him "at war" in Venezuela, the Washington Post reported.

Trump also explained in more detail why he had fired Bolton on Tuesday, a controversial adviser renowned for his interventionism that had followed him for nearly a year and a half. "(Bolton) made some very serious mistakes, as when he was talking about Kim Jong-un's" Libyan model. "This comment was not good and it hurt us, I do not blame Kim Jong-a for what he said thereafter "Trump explained.

In May of last year, Bolton had badured that the White House wanted to continue with North Korea "the model of Libya", referring to the agreement signed by Washington in 2003 with Tripoli to eradicate Libyan weapons of mbad destruction, which irritated Pionyang and complicated plans for the first summit between Trump and Kim. Trump also said that Bolton "did not get along with the people of the administration" whom he considered "very important", apparently referring to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, with which the President maintains close relations. He added that he was evaluating five candidates to replace Bolton and that he would be making the announcement next week.