AMB GORDON SONDLAND: Trump showed strength in Venezuela — now finish the job

The United States finally did what needed to be done in Venezuela: it ended the Maduro nightmare. Credit where it is due — this required courage, clarity, and decisive leadership, and President Trump proved willing to act when others hesitated for years. 

Leaving Maduro in place would not only have condemned millions more Venezuelans to hunger, repression, and exile — it also would have handed Russia, China, and Iran a permanent beachhead in our own hemisphere and privileged access to the world’s largest oil reserves.