President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had cancelled a “previously expected second Wave of Attacks” against Venezuela due to the South American country’s “cooperation” with the United States following the administration’s capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro last Saturday.
In a Friday morning statement on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Venezuela is releasing large numbers of political prisoners as a sign of ‘Seeking Peace.’ This is a very important and smart gesture. The U.S.A. and Venezuela are working well together, especially as it pertains to rebuilding, in a much bigger, better, and more modern form, their oil and gas infrastructure.”
The president added, “Because of this cooperation, I have cancelled the previously expected second Wave of Attacks, which looks like it will not be needed, however, all ships will stay in place for safety and security purposes.”
Trump also announced that he would be meeting at the White House on Friday with “BIG OIL” companies and that at least 100 billion dollars would be invested by the oil companies as part of his administration’s plan to rebuild Venezuela’s oil industry and economy.
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During Friday’s meeting at the White House with oil industry leaders, Trump reiterated his position that he does not believe a second wave of attacks in Venezuela will be necessary.
“We have an armada, a giant Armada, like nobody’s ever seen in that part of the world, and it’s stationed off the coast,” Trump said. “And we are getting along so well with the people that are involved in representing Venezuela. I don’t think it’s going to be necessary to do the second wave.”
“We were planning on a second wave, but the first wave was so powerful and so good and so strong, and frankly, the people in the country, they did the right thing; they were smart,” the president added. “They did the right thing. They didn’t want to go through a second wave.”
Trump explained that while the U.S. military will continue to have a “tremendous number of the most powerful ships in the world” deployed off the coast of Venezuela, he does not believe the ships will have to be used in a second wave of attacks previously planned against the country.