Wegmann: Maduro’s Shortsightedness With Trump Is A Bold Strategy, We’ll See How It Works Out
White House Correspondent for RealClearPolitics Phil Wegmann on Monday’s “Special Report” panel.
BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS: Phil, there’s a sense that this is a buildup. Obviously, we’ve seen the naval assets swarm around Venezuela, but continually, the president has mentioned doing something on land to stop the drugs coming from Venezuela. Is there a sense that this is escalating? PHILIP WEGMANN, RCP WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: There’s a tremendous amount of momentum building here, not just for the naval strikes, but the president has said on numerous occasions that land would be next. And at this point, I don’t know who is more bold or perhaps foolhardy, the captain of that Venezuelan oil tanker that’s trying to run away from the U.S. Navy, or Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who continues to defy Donald Trump. In both cases, it’s kind of a bold strategy. We’ll see how it works out, but Trump has shown, in the U.S., he has the political capital to keep doing this without a declaration of war, and obviously, on the military front, he has overwhelming force. So, calling his bluff seems to be rather short-sighted.
