Senator Lindsey Graham, a member of Republican Party, claimed that US President Donald Trump had discussed with him the possibility to use military force in Venezuela already a couple of weeks ago.
Graham added that he believed that military force had to be used only when US national security interests were jeopardized, Sputnik reported.
According to Axios, Graham recalled his conversation with Trump from a few weeks ago, Raw Story reported.
“He [Trump] said, ‘What do you think about using military force?'” Graham said. “And I said, ‘Well, you need to go slow on that, that could be problematic.’ And he said, ‘Well, I’m surprised, you want to invade everybody.'”
Graham, who is known for being hawkish, said that he laughed and admitted he doesn’t’ want to “invade everybody.”
“I only want to use the military when our national security interests are threatened.'”
Yet, when Graham described Trump, he called the president “hawkish,” when it comes to Venezuela, even more so than Graham.