What this does is it turns up the dial, turns up the pressure on Maduro,” Shapiro told Al Jazeera. “And clearly what the United States President Trump wants is for Maduro to leave office, and that would mean he’d have to leave the country.”
Shapiro said it’s unclear what the US endgame actually is. “Trump is increasing the pressure. Will it go to military action? I can’t answer that, and I suspect that’s why the US Southern Command and Defense Department are referring all questions to the White House.”
