Trump urges Venezuela's military to back its self-declared interim president, saying socialism has ravaged the country

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• President Donald Trump spoke in front of a Venezuelan American community on Monday at Florida Ocean Bank Convocation Center at Florida International University in Miami.
• He urged Venezuelan military officials to back the country's self-declared interim president, Juan Guaidó. 
• He said that officials backing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro are risking their lives. 
• He also said socialism is ravaged Venezuela, and told the crowd that that "will never happen to" the United States.

President Donald Trump urged Venezuelan military officials to support the its self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó during a speech on Monday, in which he also said socialism had ravaged the country.

Trump spoke in front of a Venezuelan American community on Monday at Florida Ocean Bank Convocation Center at Florida International University in Miami.

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