For
the US leadership, all the attention must be focused on the Hanoi summit. The
meeting between President Trump and Chairman Kim is the week’s highlight. It must
be seen and reported as excellent. Venezuela cannot be a distraction. There will
be some diplomatic tightening, some additional isolation of Nicolas Maduro, a
couple or so of rambunctious statements and sound bites, but nothing else. Nothing
that could steal the headlines from Donald Trump in Hanoi.
Unless
the Hanoi meeting goes wrong. It’s not expected, it has been prepared with
great attention to sound good. But we never know. It could derail. Then, the usual
suspects will be looking for a distraction, for other news that could grab the
world’s attention. And that kind of news could be some foolish action regarding
the situation in Venezuela.
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