President Donald Trump is open to the prospect of a U.S. military base in Venezuela or somewhere else in South America.
“We’re looking at doing a lot of things,” Trump told reporters on Thursday. “We’re getting along very well, as you know, and Venezuela has been a great situation. The people are happy, and I’m very happy. We’re taking a lot of oil, and we have a great relationship. Venezuela is making a lot of money, and so are we. We’re going to start filling up our national strategic reserves with the Venezuelan oil for very little money, and it’s going to be great.”
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