During a White House press briefing, Leavitt said that the Trump Administration is in "close correspondence" with Venezuela`s interim leaders and stressed that their decisions continue to be shaped by American engagement and influence.

This comes mere days after Trump said in the wake of the US operation in Venezuela over the weekend that "Colombia is very sick too" and accused Petro of "making cocaine and selling it to the United States" before adding: "He`s not going to be doing it very long, let me tell you"