US declines to rule out sending troops into Venezuela

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U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly declined to rule out sending American troops into Venezuela as part of an effort to bring down President Nicolas Maduro, Politico reported on Tuesday. 

"I don’t want to rule in or out. I don’t talk about it," Trump said when asked about deploying ground troops in an interview with the news website. He said he did not want to talk about military strategy.

 (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Heavens // REUTERS)