All right, Alexander, let's talk about the situation in Venezuela.

What is going on in Venezuela?

The last big report that we got, the last big news item that we got from the New York Times

was that Trump has greenlit some sort of covert, not so covert, a secret CIA operation because we all know about it now, aimed

at capturing Maduro or removing Maduro.

And then the CIA, the New York Times also said that the CIA is, or the Trump administration

is also talking with Maduro as well.

So you have the New York Times

saying there's a CIA operation, covert secret operation to capture and remove Maduro, but

there's also a Trump-back-channel diplomacy taking place with Maduro. We do now have the USS Ford,

I believe it now is in the region with the other warships and the other military

assets.

So that's in position or is about to be in position any day now.

So your thoughts on what is unfolding or what may not unfold in Venezuela.

Yes, it's very strange.

I have to say, I've been expecting an attack at any time.

And the everyday passes without an attack.

And one does indeed wonder what exactly is going on.

You cannot keep naval assets

tied down like this indefinitely. I believe you've got about 15% of the US Navy now floating

around in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela. This can't go on indefinitely. So you're getting all of these contradictory signals. I mean,

a story about the CIA being instructed to carry out some kind of covert operation against Maduro

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