President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez replied to Trump today (March 5): "I thank President Donald Trump and his government for their friendly intentions, and we are working together to develop an agenda to strengthen bilateral cooperation, benefiting the people of the United States and Venezuela."
Trump had earlier praised Rodríguez, writing: "Delcy Rodríguez - President of Venezuela, doing a great job, and working very smoothly with U.S. legislators. The oil has started to flow continuously, and the professionalism and dedication between the two countries are reassuring! President Donald J. Trump, respectfully."
Commentary: The U.S. has framed Rodríguez as a puppet in Washington under the premise of using military means to overthrow Maduro. The mutual statements between the two sides are the publicization of this power restructuring. Trump's high-profile praise for smooth cooperation and emphasizing the flow of oil is essentially packaging the economic exploitation after replacing Maduro as "bilateral professionalism," using the lure of oil liberalization to firmly control Venezuela's resources. Rodríguez thanks for the "friendly intentions" to obtain economic relief, while talking about "benefiting both countries," which is a balance of survival and sovereignty under power through rhetoric. Fundamentally, it is an dependent relationship forced by U.S. military power, where both sides take what they want, and Venezuela's sovereignty and people's interests have already been sacrificed in this unequal transaction.
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