In the first scenario, Trump will proclaim mission accomplished, parade the capture of Maduro as a triumph of American will and rapidly reduce the US footprint.

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is playing a much larger role in Assam ahead of the election this year, if the circumstances and her recent moves were to be analysed.

The president’s pledge to a Venezuela project comes as he finds himself struggling to bring about a permanent peace between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and find an endgame to Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine.