Hi there, everyone. It's Porkark in New York. What exactly, what precisely does it mean to any of us, to anyone, to run Venezuela? That is a $64 million question at the moment, the question on which America's

standing in the world hinges on right now. That's after the Trump administration launched a

raid capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and brought them to the United

States to face criminal charges. Maduro and his wife were arraigned in New York City

today on counts of drug trafficking and other crimes. He and his wife pleaded not guilty. He maintains

that he is still the legitimate president of Venezuela. Meanwhile, back in Venezuela, the interim leader,

Delsey Rodriguez, put out a statement offering to work with the U.S., but according to Donald

Trump, she's not in charge, quote, we're in charge, end quote. That was Donald Trump, who said that.

Here's how he put it in his own words last night.

Don't ask me who's in charge because I'll give you an answer and it'll be very controversial.

What does that mean?

It means we're in charge.

We're in charge. We, the Trump administration, we, the United States of America, that's all we know from his lips.

Problem is it directly contradicts what one of the people he, Donald Trump, says he put

in charge of running Venezuela, Secretary of State Marker Rubio. Take a listen to that.

When the president was asked yesterday, who will be running Venezuela? He said it was you. He said

it was the Defense Secretary. He said it was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Are you

running Venezuela right now?

George, I've explained again that the leverage that we have here is the leverage of the quarantine.

So that is a Department of War operation conducting in some cases law enforcement functions with the Coast Guard on the seizure of these boats.

We'll coin the phrase hot potato.

He said, not me.

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