Washington: President Donald Trump held a clandestine telephone conversation last week with Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, exploring the prospect of a groundbreaking face-to-face summit on American soil, according to sources cited by The New York Times.
The unexpected dialogue, which included Secretary of State Marco Rubio and unfolded against a backdrop of U.S. airstrikes on Venezuelan drug vessels since September, signals a potential diplomatic pivot even as Trump escalates rhetoric threatening land-based bombings to dismantle the Caracas regime’s alleged narco-trafficking apparatus.
