WASHINGTON—A month ago, President Donald Trump stated that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s days in power were numbered. At the time, few believed that the country’s decades-long socialist regime might be facing imminent collapse.
Recently, a growing military buildup in the region and talks of possible U.S. land strikes in Venezuela have raised questions about whether Trump is seeking regime change in the country, and whether U.S. action could indirectly trigger a collapse.
“I’m not going to tell you what the goal is. You should probably know what the goal is,” Trump told reporters on Nov. 25 on Air Force One….