or hyperinflation has consumed our wages. my family, we were upper-middle-class in 1999, we earned $2 a day by the time we left. people are starving in venezuel venezuela, alexandria ocasio-cortez and her green new deal, in reality it is the right new deal, a socialist wish list, it would destroy the u.s. economy. martha: what you think is going to happen? you are the president asking nicolas maduro, cite your people free. let them move on. what is going to happen there? i agree with most venezuelans according to the latest polls. we don t think the regime will leave power voluntarily. this is a murderous regime was too much to leave, they have stolen by some accounts some $300 billion over the last 20 years to $1 trillion. that is a 20th of the u.s.
let me add something on the first question that was raised by vanessa. president guaido, who is the president about to leave the transition in venezuela, has a strong support. we need to give him even stronger support. i think what happened with the e.u. has been very important. will host next weekend in bogota. all the countries in the hemisphere giving him the stronger support he needs to lead the transition in venezuel venezuela. if president maduro stays in power, do you have a plan b? president trump: i always have a plan b, and c, and d, f. i have more flexibly than any man who has ever been in this office. we will see. there are many plans and we will see where we go. but now we are in an incredible period. i saw the tremendous numbers of people yesterday you were talking about during the week, the numbers that you really see anything like at the protests.
owned news agency he s willing to sit down. russia has offered to mediate. i m joined now from the miami bureau. we re thrilled to have you on. you re a native of venezuela. you ve been reporting from the streets of your home country for years since you got your start in journalism. put this into context for us. maduro is trying to buy time. the deciding factor in the venezuela equation is the military. this is a battle right now between legitimacy and power. guaido has the legitimacy, but maduro has the guns, meaning the power. wherever the military goes, that tips the scales. there are three likely scenarios according to a military analyst. either the military splinters off the lower ranks versus the top military officials because the top military officials are the ones benefitting from the corruption.
increase the pressure in ways that maduro himself may not even imagine at this point. we know you ve had the president s ear on this. we have a picture of you on air force talking about venezuela with him when you were in office. what s the next step? is it sending 5,000 troops down to colombia? what is it? well, i think we re way far away from a military intervention. and i certainly don t think that s necessary at this point. i think the next step here is stronger oil sanctions. perhaps an oil embargo as opposed to just the restrictions that were placed on monday. but we could see some escalation here soon, and obviously this is big news here in miami where tens of thousands of venezuelan exiles live. yes. we appreciate you joining us to talk this through. thank you. there are other important talks on both ends of pennsylvania avenue. on the hill that conference heating is finally getting on its way to negotiate its way
saying you believe the president is fit to serve. i got booed on the view. i got cheered on the view. i think what that said is i was willing to tell the truth in both ways. that s what i m trying to do. cliff sims. author of team of vipers . coming up after the break, more anti-government protests are planned today across venezuela. maduro now open to talks with the opposition. how he s trying to block the man the u.s. recognizes as the president as president trump, by the way, now gets involved today. we ll tell you how. we ll tell yw lookin better than a body has a right to and shakin me up so applebee s all you can eat is back.