[1]: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
> Tapper returned to Bolton’s remark about having helped plan coups.
> Bolton said: “I’m not going to get into the specifics.”
> Tapper asked: “Successful coups?”
> Bolton said: “Well, I wrote about Venezuela in in the book and it turned out not to be successful.
> Before Bolton joined the Trump administration, it was widely reported that Trump wanted to use the US military to oust Maduro. In August 2017, Trump told reporters: “We have many options for Venezuela, this is our neighbour.”
> “We want as our principal objective the peaceful transfer of power but I will say again, as [Trump] has said from the outset, and Nicolas Maduro and those supporting him, particularly those who are not Venezuelan, should know, all options are on the table.”
[1]: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
[2]: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-senior-us-official-j...