The 3 countries Trump is most likely to ‘invade’ next after Venezuela | World | News
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is facing drugs and weapons charges after being seized with his wife, Cilia Flores , following a “large-scale strike” in the country. Explosions rocked Caracas, as aircraft swooped low over the capital. But Venezuela isn’t the only state that US President Donald Trump may have set his military sights on.
“This was one of the most stunning, effective and powerful displays of American military might and competence in American history,” Mr Trump said following the operation. He added that the US would “run” Venezuela before a transition took place. Politician Delcy Rodríguez has been named as the country’s interim leader.
Since apprehending Maduro, however, Mr Trump has been vocal about the prospect of carrying out moves against other countries. Here, we examine the countries that he and his administration have targeted with their comments.
Denmark (Greenland)
The Prime Minister of Denmark has told the US President to stop threatening Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Scandanavian country.
“We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark is not going to be able to do it,” Mr Trump told reporters.
“It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the US needing to take over Greenland,” Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, said on Sunday.
“The US has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Danish Kingdom.”
The leader added: “I would therefore strongly urge the US stop the threats against a historically close ally and against another country and another people, who have very clearly said that they are not for sale.”
Cuba
Trump’s Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, declared yesterday that the communist government in Cuba is “in a lot of trouble”.
“I’m not going to talk to you about what our future steps are going to be and our policies are going to be right now in this regard,” he told NBC.
He added: “But I don’t think it’s any mystery that we are not big fans of the Cuban regime, who, by the way, are the ones that were propping up Maduro.”
Miguel Díaz-Canel serves as both the President of Cuba and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. The country operates using a one party system of government.
Colombia
Mr Trump’s administration imposed sanctions in October on Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s president, his family and a member of his government over accusations that they were involved in the global drug trade.
President Trump said on board Air Force One that Colombia is “run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States”.
He added: “He’s not going to be doing it for very long.”
“He has cocaine mills and cocaine factories,” the President said. “He’s not going to be doing it.”
When asked if he was referring to a US operation against Colombia, Trump responded: “Sounds good to me.”
