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How’s that war coming that Democrats, and a couple of loony Republicans, caterwauled about?

After President’s Capture, U.S. and Venezuela Explore Restoring Diplomatic Ties

Less than a week after the United States snatched its president under cover of night, Venezuela said it was exploring restoring diplomatic ties and sending a delegation to Washington to check on its long-shuttered embassy, according to a statement from the interim president, Delcy Rodríguez.

Her government and President Trump’s, according to Ms. Rodríguez, had decided to “initiate an exploratory diplomatic process” that was “aimed at the re-establishment of diplomatic missions in both countries.”

On Friday, U.S. diplomats visited Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, to assess a “potential” resumption of embassy operations for the first time in nearly seven years, a spokeswoman for the State Department confirmed.

The announcements on Friday appeared to represent only tentative first steps, and the relationship between the two countries is changing daily, experts noted.

It’s only been closed since 2019, same with lots of EU embassies since Maduro took over, but, diplomatic ties between the US and Venezuela have been frayed since the early 2000s under Chavez

But news of the possible restoration of diplomatic ties drew attention not only for the breakneck pace at which the two countries’ relationship was evolving, but also because of the head-spinning contradictions it seemed to embody.

It came as Mr. Trump said he was getting along “extremely well” with Venezuela’s government, even though that government is more or less the same government it was a week ago — minus President Nicolás Maduro — when Mr. Trump was mounting his intense pressure campaign.

To add to the contradictions, Ms. Rodríguez announced the move in a statement that began by denouncing the “kidnapping” of Mr. Maduro and a U.S. operation that she said had resulted in dozens of deaths and represented a flagrant violation of the “international legal order.”

Well, Trump is doing Trump. He’s not thinking like a politician, he’s thinking like a businessman, who needs to woo, cajole, and sometimes berate or threaten. Right now it’s a charm offensive. He and Rodriguez are very much opposites (as another Times articles discusses) but, she’s supposedly pragmatic, and you can bet she doesn’t want to lose power. And wants to make some cash out of this. And not go to jail. Not be assassinated by Venezuelan hardcores and gangs. For her, what if she’s in charge as Venezuela’s economy turns around? She’ll look pretty good, eh?

This all has to upset Democrats and their pet media, as they wanted war. Strife.