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President Donald Trump did not discard the possibility of military intervention against the socialist dictatorship in Venezuela Friday evening in a conversation with reporters. Trump remark comes less than 24 hours after dictator Nicolás Maduro announced he had ordered his foreign ministry to reach out to Washington for “in person” talks with the president, hoping to schedule them for September, when Maduro seeks to visit New York for the United Nations General Assembly meeting. U.S. Treasury sanctions currently ban Maduro from entering the United States. “Venezuela is a mess, it is very dangerous mess, and a very sad situation,” Trump said during remarks to reporters at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey on Friday. “We have many options for Venezuela, I’m not ruling out military options,” he said. @realDonaldTrump Presidente Trump lo aclaró: no descarto una acción militar para ayudar a Venezuela @Fantasma_956 @Caracas_News @Vzlacora pic.twitter.com/2R3Kh5DNCY — La Chilindrina (@amotinada) August 11, 2017 Trump made his remarks after meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, and National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster. “This is our neighbor … Venezuela is not far away,” Trump said, referring to the close proximity of the country in Latin America.

Rolling Stone published an extended hit piece on Deputy Assistant to the President and former Breitbart News National Security Editor Dr. Sebastian Gorka Thursday.

During a discussion at the Netroots Nation Annual Conference on Friday, DNC Deputy Chair Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) stated President Trump is threatening Kim Jong-un and that North Korea’s leader is acting in a more responsible manner than the president is. In response to a question on how to prevent President Trump from using a “predictable emergency” to send the country to war, Ellison said, “North Korea is a serious thing. You have this guy making bellicose threats against somebody else who has very little to lose over there. Kim Jong-un, the world always thought he was not a responsible leader. Well, he’s acting more responsibly than this guy is. And — but I’m telling you is that, once these — once you start seeing missile launches, you’re going to see — the time for cranking up the anti-war machine is right now. So, if you don’t want to get caught deer in the headlights, start calling for diplomacy in North Korea immediately.” (h/t WFB) Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett

Horror novelist Stephen King took to Twitter Friday to call for President Donald Trump to be “removed” from office.

President Donald Trump resumed warnings to Kim Jong-un, saying that the North Korean dictator would “truly regret it” if he issued another overt threat to Guam.