Discussion on Venezuelan Elections and Legitimacy

And then, um, wouldn't it be better to have,

to have this deal

with a legitimate leader? Like, why not call for elections and,

and, and see who gets elected? I predict it would probably be Maria

Corina.

But wouldn't that bring more legitimacy?

'Cause a lot of people are concerned about this deal.

They say there's not a lot of transparency,

there's not a lot of input from the

Venezuelan people. Um, so what do you say?

Well, it's definitely a phenomenal deal for the

people of Venezuela, and more

importantly from our perspective, for the people of the United States.

But to your point, absolutely, uh, we need to have elections in

Venezuela. Obviously they're not ready for elections

today, but I think

it's extremely important to set a date.

I've suggested July 24th of next year.

That's Simon Bolivar's birthday.

Uh, previous elections had it being Chavez's

birthday.

As you know, uh, Simon Bolivar was the liberator of

Venezuela and Latin America.

Yes.

And President Trump is the modern liberator of Venezuela.

Yes. Maria said that.

So what a more fitting day to have it.

Yeah, Maria Corina said that.

Yeah, so July 24th. Let's go.

Yeah. Maria, Maria-

Yeah, July 24th.

Yeah. Maria Corina, when she gave him his Nobel Prize,

said he was the modern-day

Simon Bolivar. Um, you're saying-

Yeah

... that you think the president should call

for elections on, on the, on

his birthday, um, which would be what? In June or July?

Uh, uh, Simon Bolivar's birthday was July 24th, so let's do it

July 24th-

Yeah

... of 2027. Set that date so everybody can shoot for that

date to get things done.