Trump: US Needs ‘Total Access’ to Venezuela

President Donald Trump said the US needs “total access” to Venezuela as questions mount about the country’s leadership following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. “We need total access. We need access to oil and to other things in their country that will allow us to rebuild their country,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One Sunday as he returned to Washington from spending the holidays at his Palm Beach estate. Trump said the US will work with acting President Delcy Rodríguez but said he hadn’t spoken to her. “We’re in charge,” he said. On elections in the short term, he said, “Well, it depends,” before adding, “We have to do one thing in Venezuela — bring it back.” (Source: Bloomberg)