- Hard to know whether a P-5 member of the Security Council should have a view on this sort of thing, or the stated end game of US oil companies profiting from regime change. Perhaps the FCDO can commission an expert study and report to No. 10 in a few months.
- Trump: "There is nobody to take over. You have a vice president who has been appointed by Maduro. She's I guess the president. She was sworn in just a little while ago. She had a long conversation with Marco and she said, 'We'll do whatever you need.' She really doesn't have a choice."