US envoy Ric Grenell was photographed shaking hands with the leader of (in Rubio’s words) a “criminal narco-regime.” This confers de facto U.S. recognition on Maduro, even though vote tallies show that he overwhelmingly lost last year’s election. https://wapo.st/4hXDV0j
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If they ever get as far forward in the timeline as copying Maduro...