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Day, ill come back up and take your questions. Thank you. I thought it might be best to read the president s statement. Since his inauguration, the Trump Administration has called on venezuelans to respect venezuelas constitution, respect the role and authority of the constitution in the established national assembly. Hold free and fair elections. Address the humanitarian needs of the venezuelan people, release political prisoners, and stop oppressing its great people. To heedme has refused this call. The recent action culminated in yesterdays outrageous seizure of power through the same election of the Natural National constituent assembly. It registered a serious blow to our democracy. Maduro is not just a bad leader, he is now a dictator. The United States stands with the people of venezuela in the face of this oppression. We will work with our partners to hold accountable all of those responsible for the escalating violence and ongoing human rights violations. The president promise
Is if if the president of the United States continues to call in aides and instruct them or give them leave to go out and make comments and starts exciting inconsistent with what the policy is of the administration or changing it, i think that the general is going to have to do this hes going to have to tell the president , look, mr. President , if youre going to tweet, let us know beforehand and let us take a look at it, if you will, and also folks coming into your office, when they come out of your office, if you call them in, instruct them that they will have to come by me and inform me whats been said, and hes going to have to structure this thing. I dont know whether thats going to work, but i do know that those below the general, given what he did today, i think will have gotten the message, and i think hes certainly got the possibility of imposing a new sense of discipline and order on the staff below him but were dealing with the president of the United States i mean, thats one
Before we start i like to bring up National Security advisor, general hr mcmaster and treasury secretary, Stephen Mnuchin to discuss administrations response in the recent antidemocratic actions in venezuela. They will each make opening remarks and take your questions on the topic at hand. Then as always, your favorite time of day, i will come back up and take your questions. Thank you. It afternoon everybody. I thought it might be best to read the present statement. Since President Trumps administration, the ministration has called on venezuelas medora regime to respect venezuelas constitution, respect the role authorities of the constitutional national assembly, hold free and fair elections, address the humanitarian needs of the venezuelan people, release political prisoners, and stop oppressing its great people. The regime has refused to heed this call. In recent actions culminating in yesterdays outrageous seizure of absolute power through the sham election of the National Constitu