Trump says Venezuela VP Delcy Rodríguez is ‘willing to work with US’.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a “group of people” would temporarily take over the administration of Venezuela until a “safe, proper and judicious transition” could be ensured.
Speaking to reporters, Trump declined to name who inside Venezuela would form part of the group but said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had been in contact with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez.
Rodríguez, a close ally of President Nicolás Maduro, was the first senior official to speak publicly following recent U.S. strikes. In an audio message, she called on Washington to provide proof of life for Maduro and his wife.
The message, released only in audio form, sparked speculation about Rodríguez’s whereabouts. Sources told Reuters she was in Russia, a claim later dismissed by Russia’s foreign minister as false.
Trump said Rodríguez had expressed a willingness to do “whatever the U.S. asks,” a statement likely to surprise observers given her longstanding role, alongside her brother Jorge Rodríguez, head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, as a staunch defender of the Maduro government.
While it remains possible Rodríguez could be seeking to cooperate with Washington to protect her own position, analysts say she is unlikely to be viewed domestically as a credible agent of political change. Trump warned that the United States was prepared to carry out a second wave of strikes if necessary. (BBC News)