Trump Warns Maduro 'Don't Play Tough' as Washington Escalates Pressure Campaign

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President Donald Trump issues a direct warning to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro not to 'play tough,' amid escalating tensions as Russia and China provide military and economic support to the sanctioned regime. The stark message signals renewed US pressure on Caracas, potentially reigniting the shadow war over Venezuela's oil and influence in Latin America.

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00:00You mentioned strikes on land in Venezuela more than 15 times, even now, just in your recent remarks.

00:06Why should Maduro take your threats seriously?

00:10He can do whatever he wants.

00:11What's your endgame?

00:12Maduro?

00:12What's your endgame?

00:14There's no answer. He can do whatever he wants.

00:17I mean, we have a massive armada formed, the biggest we've ever had,

00:23and by far the biggest we've ever had in South America.

00:28He can do whatever he wants. It's all right.

00:30Whatever he wants to do, if he wants to do something, if he plays tough, it'll be the last time he's ever able to play tough.

00:37But they sent their prisoners into us.

00:41They sent people from jails and prisons.

00:44They sent people from mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States.

00:49Just walked right in because Biden had an open border policy.

00:53What the Biden administration did to our country can never be forgotten.

00:58They took in millions and millions, 25 million people over the course of four years.

01:02Many of those people were murderers and drug dealers, prisoners, rough prisoners, 11,888 murderers.

01:13More than half of them killed more than one person.

01:15They came into our country.

01:16Now, I spoke to Kristi Noem today.

01:20I spoke to Tom Holman today.

01:21He came down to see me.

01:23Now, we had a great meeting.

01:24They've done an amazing job.

01:25We're getting them out.

01:26We're getting them out very fast.

01:28But this should have never happened.

01:29But Venezuela was one of the...

01:31Venezuela took advantage of the open borders that Biden created more than any other country.

01:37Trendy Aragua.

01:38We had gangs all over.

01:40Look, I mean, you have a very weak governor in Colorado.

01:43Look what happened in Colorado where they would occupy apartment houses.

01:47And he didn't want to do anything about it because he was scared.

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