The President of the United States, Donald Trump , does not rule out meeting in the future with the dictator of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro , although he has not made it clear if that means a change in Washington's policy towards the Caracas regime. "I have always said that you lose very little with meetings, but, for now, I have rejected it," Trump said, referring to the possible meeting on the Axios political information website, which yesterday reported that in 2017 Maduro twice requested to meet. with the American president, although the Banking House rejected the proposal. The president also maintains that recognizing Guaidó as president "was not very important . "

In any case, although Trump does not plan any diplomatic opening to Venezuela, his affirmation supposes a radical change in the American policy towards that country . In January 2019, the United States Government recognized Juan Guaidó as the legitimate Venezuelan president . Thus, the mere possibility that the head of state and the US government does not rule out a meeting with Maduro is a diplomatic victory for the Venezuelan dictator. In April, the United States formally accused Maduro of narcoterrorism with a press release that, as Axios recalls, the press release in which the decision was made refers to the Venezuelan dictator as "the former president of Venezuela ."

In total, Guaidó is recognized as president by about 60 countries, including Canada, the EU, most of the Latin American nations and, obviously, the USA. But Trump has an ambivalent attitude about it. When asked in the interview if he regrets the decision to have recognized Guaidó , Trump responds "I do not [regret] particularly."

Although the US president reaffirms his opposition to Maduro , he does not make his position clear and recalls that, in the tumultuous January 2019 in which the Venezuelan National Assembly named Guaidó transitional president, "I was not necessarily in favor, but there were people Yes, and people who weren't, and I thought it was okay. I didn't think it was very important. "

Trump's claims come on the eve of the publication of his former National Security Advisor John Bolton's memoirs 'The Room Where It All Happened.' Bolton , a prominent Guaidó supporter, describes Trump's attitude as erratic, hesitant, and heavily influenced by Russia - which, along with China and Cuba, is Maduro's main supporter - during the worst moments of the 2019 Venezuelan crisis.

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