Trump says Maduro has ‘killed millions of people’ alleges ‘torture centres’ in Venezuela

In his scathing attack against Maduro, Trump said, “They’ve been after this guy for years and years and years, and, you know, he’s a violent guy. He gets up there and tries to imitate my dance a little bit, he’s killed millions of people. He’s tortured.” The US president alleged that a “torture facility” exists in Caracas and accused the “radical left” of supporting protests happening in favour of Maduro.

During his speech, Trump alleged that demonstrators demanding the release of Maduro were “organised and paid”, adding, “They’re all paid people. Most of these people are paid…You have a woman with a sign reading ‘Free Maduro’. And the sign is before we even did the attack.”

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Trump also spoke about America’s military prowess which last week launched an operation in Caracas and dramatically captured Maduro and his wife.

The Republican leader said, “The United States proved once again that we have the most powerful, most lethal, most sophisticated, and most fearsome military on planet earth — and it’s not even close…Nobody could’ve done that.”

Trump had earlier made broad but vague assertions that the United States is going to “run” Venezuela after the ouster of its leader Maduro but has fallen short in offering details on how his administration would do so, which has raised questions among some lawmakers and former officials about the administration’s level of planning for the country after Maduro was gone, AP reported.

(with inputs from AP)