In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Dec. 2, Secretary of State Marco Rubio again revealed his role as the likely top instigator in the Trump Administration for ‘regime change’ in Venezuela. Not surprisingly, Rubio’s concern with Venezuela has little to do with drugs and everything to do with alleged Iranian influence in the U.S.’s “backyard.” “[T]he Venezuelan regime is a source of instability in the entire region,” Rubio began. “They also happen to be the foothold of Iran. That’s not spoken about enough. Iran, it’s IRGC, and even Hezbollah has a presence in South America, and one of their anchor presence—especially for the Iranians—is inside of Venezuela,” Rubio said.
Hannity asked if we are on the verge of regime change in Venezuela, to which Rubio definitely did not say no. Maduro has “broken every deal he’s ever made,” he said. “Now, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. If you can work out a way where you can bring stability to the hemisphere, you can make Venezuela help be a country that isn’t the base for Iranian influence against and activities against the United States, you could have a Venezuela that didn’t traffic in drugs and didn’t send people to our country like Tren de Aragua gang members and the like; that would be great.” So, President Trump is “willing to meet with anybody. But at the end of the day there has to be somebody that you can actually make a deal with.”
