This is “the same ideology that has engulfed Venezuela, one of the richest countries in the world,” said the American leader.
Donald Trump believes that the United States risks following the path of Venezuela in case of possible victory in the elections of the head of state of former American Vice President Joseph Biden. Trump made this statement in an interview with Fox News, which was shown on Sunday.
“He will destroy our country, but not with his own hands. The radical left [democrats] will do it,” said the White House owner. “This is the same ideology that has engulfed Venezuela, one of the richest countries in the world. Now they have no water, no food, no medicine”, – said Trump.
Earlier, the U.S. president stressed on Twitter that “radical left-wing democrats, who fully control Biden, “will destroy the United States. “Unimaginable horrors will happen to America”, – he said.
Venezuela has been experiencing a socio-economic crisis in recent years, accompanied by hyperinflation, devaluation of the national currency and shortages of basic commodities. According to UN data, about 4.5 million refugees and migrants have left the country, almost 80% of them are in the states of the region. According to some forecasts, their number may increase to 6.5 million in 2020.
Biden, according to the latest estimates of The New York Times, has secured the support of 2,633 delegates of the National Congress of the Democratic Party, which will support one or another candidate for the U.S. presidential nomination. To become a presidential candidate in the first round of voting at the Congress of Democrats, a candidate must get votes of 1,991 delegates. Biden overcame this mark on June 5. The National Congress of Democrats, where Biden is to be named as a candidate for the highest government post in the country, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic to August 17-20, it will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Acting U.S. leader Donald Trump has also already received enough votes from party congress delegates to be nominated as a Republican candidate in the presidential election. The 59th U.S. presidential election is scheduled for November 3.