Sen. Jack Reed, the highest Democrat on the Senate Armed Companies Committee, sharply rebuked the administration’s actions in Venezuela and President Trump’s assertion that the USA would run the nation in an announcement this afternoon.
“Final night time, President Trump waged battle on a overseas nation with out authorization, with out notification, and with none rationalization to the American folks. No matter comes subsequent, President Trump will personal the results,” Reed stated in an announcement.
Reed known as Trump’s assertion that the USA would run Venezuela “ludicrous.”
“No critical plan has been offered for a way such a unprecedented enterprise would work or what it would value the American folks. Historical past gives no scarcity of warnings in regards to the prices – human, strategic, and ethical – of assuming we will govern one other nation by pressure,” he stated.
-ABC Information’ Allison Pecorin
