Trump warns Venezuela's new acting president: Report

'If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,' US president tells The Atlantic magazine

By Diyar Guldogan

WASHINGTON (AA) - US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Venezuela's new acting president that there will be a price to pay if she fails to “do what’s right."

“If (Delcy Rodriguez) doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro," Trump told The Atlantic magazine in a telephone interview, referring to President Nicolas Maduro, who was captured by US forces on Saturday.

On Saturday, Trump said US military action on Venezuela resulted in the capture of Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, also pledging to assert American control over the country for the time being, with US troops if necessary.

After the US captured Maduro, Venezuela's Supreme Court directed Rodriguez to “immediately” assume the post of acting president.

Trump had accused Maduro of overseeing drug shipments into the US and holding power illegitimately through election fraud. Maduro, who is currently in custody at a New York detention facility pending drug charges, has rejected the allegations, and officials in Caracas have called for his release.

According to the report, Trump made clear that he would not stand for what he described as Rodriguez’s "defiant rejection" of the armed US intervention that resulted in Maduro’s capture.

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