Trump Envoy Pressures Maduro as U.S. Weighs Cutting Venezuelan Crude

Richard Grenell, one of Donald Trump’s closest advisors, is set to meet with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this Friday. Yes, that Maduro—the same one Trump spent years sanctioning, isolating, and calling illegitimate. This meeting isn’t being framed as a grand negotiation—at least not officially. Instead, it seems like a blunt demand from Team Trump: take back your criminals. The U.S. wants Maduro to accept the deportation of Venezuelan gang members, particularly those tied to the notorious Tren de Aragua. And…