Trump Pledges to Do ‘Whatever Is Necessary’ to ‘Fix’ Venezuela

Trump Pledges to Do ‘Whatever Is Necessary’ to ‘Fix’ Venezuela

by Kristina Wong 18 May 2017

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/05/18/trump-pledges-to-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-fix-venezuela/

WASHINGTON, D.C.– President Trump on Thursday said the U.S. would provide humanitarian assistance to address the deteriorating situation in western Venezuela, facing a collapsing economy and years of rebellion against the socialist government.

The area along the Colombian border has descended into chaos and violence. Most recently, a man buying diapers and a teenager buying flour for his family were shot dead this week, according to press accounts, in incidents that are not uncommon in the region.

“People don’t have enough to eat. People have no food. There’s great violence. And we will do whatever is necessary, and we’ll work together to do whatever is necessary to help with fixing that, and I’m really talking on a humanitarian level,” Trump said.

Trump’s remarks came during a joint press conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at the White House. Western Venezuela shares a long border with Colombia.

President Trump did not specify what kind of help the U.S. would provide but said the U.S. would work with Colombia and other countries. Congress recently approved $450 million in aid for Colombia, proposed during the Obama administration.

“A stable and peaceful Venezuela is in the best interest of the entire hemisphere. And America stands with all of the people in our great hemisphere yearning to be free,” Trump said.

Shortly after the press conference, the Treasury Department announced a new round of sanctions, freezing the assets in the U.S. of eight members of Venezuela’s Supreme Court, which recently attempted to nullify the nation’s legislature and grant itself the right to draft laws.

The Trump administration issued similar sanctions two months ago against Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami under the “Drug Kingpin Act” for his ties to multinational drug smuggling operations.

Trump congratulated Santos on securing a peace deal to end the government’s armed conflict with Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a Marxist terrorist organization that has waged war in the country since 1964, and for receiving a Nobel Peace Prize for it.

“It’s been a long process. And it’s been a great thing to watch, in the sense that the president did a fantastic job. That’s not easy after so many years of war,” Trump said.

“So I’m very, very proud to get to know you. And I really congratulate you. There’s nothing tougher than peace. And we want to make peace all over the world. And you are really a great example of somebody that started it,” he said.

Santos passed the peace agreement with the FARC in November after Colombians voted against such a deal in a national referendum a month earlier. The deal would allow FARC leaders to eventually organize a political party, which opponents of the deal warn would be funded with cocaine-smuggling and ransom money.

The deal also provides for reintegrating FARC members – many of whom were abducted as children and turned into child soldiers – into Colombian society as civilians.

Both Trump and Santos called the visit “productive.”

“I want to thank you personally for this warm and productive visit. And for the strong support Colombia has received from your administration, from Congress and from the American people,” Santos told Trump.

“As you know, our nations have had for a long time a strategic alliance, an extraordinary friendship,” he said.

“I can say, Mr. President, based on our conversation this afternoon, that I have no doubt that the United States and Colombia continue to be today more than ever a support one for the other. Our alliance was strengthened.”

Colombia

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for Colombia.

Note: James F. Collins was a senior advisor for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Moises Naim is a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, was a board member for the International Crisis Group, the minister of trade and industry for Venezuela, and an advisory council member for Transparency International-USA.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a board member for the International Crisis Group, a friend of Michael Douglas, the chair for the Soros Humanitarian Foundation, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the International Rescue Committee.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Warren E. Buffett is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and Howard G. Buffett’s father.

Howard G. Buffett is Warren E. Buffett’s son, a director at the ONE Campaign, and a goodwill ambassador for the World Food Programme.

ONE Campaign is a partner at the International Rescue Committee, and the United Nations Foundation.

Elie Wiesel was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a messenger of peace for the United Nations, an international council member for the Human Rights Foundation, and Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Ramon Jose Velasquez was an international council member for the Human Rights Foundation, and the president of Venezuela.

Timothy F. Geithner is an overseer, director for the International Rescue Committee, and was the secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury for the Barack Obama administration.

Ertharin Cousin is an executive director for the World Food Programme, and a U.S. representative for the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture.

United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture is a division of the United Nations.

David J. Lane was a U.S. representative for the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, the vice chairman for the Transparency International-USA, an assistant to the president & counselor to the chief of staffs for the Barack Obama administration, and the president & CEO for the ONE Campaign.

ONE Campaign is a partner at the International Rescue Committee, and the United Nations Foundation.

Ted Turner is the chairman for the United Nations Foundation, and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a messenger of peace for the United Nations, and a friend of George Soros.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was a guest at George Soros’s 2013 wedding, and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Amartya Sen is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (economics).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a board member for the International Crisis Group, is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), an advisory council member for Transparency International-USA, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982

(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

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Richard A. Debs was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), pro-bono financial adviser for Anwar Sadat, and is a member, executive committee chairman for the Bretton Woods Committee.

Anwar Sadat’s pro-bono financial adviser was Richard A. Debs, the president of Egypt, and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Mohamed Morsi was the president of Egypt, and is the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Kofi A. Annan was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a board member for the International Crisis Group, a secretary general for the United Nations, is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, a director at the United Nations Foundation, and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

Ralph Johnson Bunche was an undersecretary-general for the United Nations, and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Albert Einstein was the Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (physics), and the founder of the International Rescue Committee.

Henry A. Kissinger is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

ONE Campaign is a partner at the International Rescue Committee, and the United Nations Foundation.

Muhammad Yunus is a director at the United Nations Foundation, and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Martti Ahtisaari is the chair emeritus for the International Crisis Group, and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Juan Manuel Santos Calderon is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, and the president of Colombia.

Barack Obama is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, married to Michelle Obama, and was the president for the Barack Obama administration.

Michelle Obama is married to Barack Obama, was the first lady for Barack Obama administration, and an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

ONE Campaign is a partner at the International Rescue Committee, and the United Nations Foundation.

Timothy F. Geithner is an overseer, director for the International Rescue Committee, and was the secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury for the Barack Obama administration.

Muhammad Yunus is a director at the United Nations Foundation, and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Ted Turner is the chairman for the United Nations Foundation, and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a messenger of peace for the United Nations, and a friend of George Soros.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was a guest at George Soros’s 2013 wedding, and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Amartya Sen is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (economics).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

James F. Collins is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was a senior advisor for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for Colombia.