U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States may open talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who faces escalating pressure from Washington amid a massive U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean.
It was one of the first signs of a possible path toward defusing an increasingly tense situation in the region as the U.S. wages a campaign of deadly strikes against suspected drug trafficking boats off the Venezuelan coast and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
¡°We may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we¡¯ll see how that turns out,¡± Trump told reporters on Sunday in West Palm Beach, Florida, before getting on a flight back to Washington. ¡°They would like to talk.¡±
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