Trump Confirms CIA is Conducting Covert Operations Inside Venezuela

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Asked during an event in the Oval Office on Wednesday why he had authorized the CIA to take action in Venezuela, Trump affirmed he had made the move.
52% : "No to regime change that reminds us so much of the (overthrows) in the failed eternal wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and so on," Maduro said at a televised event of the National Council for Sovereignty and Peace, which is made up of representatives from various political, economic, academic and cultural sectors in Venezuela.
50% : "I authorized for two reasons, really," Trump replied.
50% : According to The Associated Press, Trump added the administration "is looking at land" as it considers further strikes in the region.
50% : Trump made the unusual acknowledgement of a CIA operation shortly after The New York Times published that the CIA had been authorized to carry out covert action in Venezuela.
47% : He declined to say whether the CIA has authority to take action against President Nicolás Maduro.

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