Donald Trump on Venezuela elections

    by Betanews: Donald Trump

    Donald Trump says Venezuela isn't ready for elections yet, noting the situation is very new after his administration removed the country from a dictatorship and established good relations with the new government. He claims Delcy is doing a very good job and is highly respected, while describing the previous regime as a powerful, ruthless dictatorship involving political imprisonment that has largely been resolved. Trump also characterizes the officials surrounding President Biden in the preceding four years as vicious, violent, and radical left lunatics who ran things while Biden supposedly didn't know what was happening.

    Transcript (en)

    Mr. President, on Venezuela, what's stopping you from demanding Venezuela set a firm date for the election? On what? On an election. What about it? What's stopping you from asking Venezuela to set a firm date for an election? Oh, I just don't think they're ready yet. You know, it's very new. We took them out of a dictatorship, and we're getting along great with the government. Delcy, as you know, is doing a very, very good job, very highly respected. And, oh, we want that, and they want that. Delcy wants it. But they're not ready yet. You know, we have — we've taken them out from a very powerful, ruthless dictatorship, where many people were in jail. You know, those people have largely been released from jail. They were political prisoners. But we sort of had that in this country, too. And we have a vicious — we had a vicious — that last four years, it was run by some — not Biden so much. He didn't know what the hell was happening. But the people that surrounded him at this desk. They were vicious, violent people. Smart people, but they're-they were nuts. Radical left lunatics. You had a very powerful, very nasty dictatorship in Venezuela, and they're just not going to be ready for it yet. But soon. We look forward to doing it, and soon.