‘The Buildup Is Real’: GOP Lawmaker Anticipates Venezuela’s Maduro Could Step Down This Week

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Dec 1st, 2025, 11:21 am

Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) told Fox Business Network Monday that he anticipates Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro could step down as early as this week.

Cheryl Casone , in for Maria Bartiromo , asked Fitzgerald about President Donald Trump’s recent phone call with Maduro.

Trump confirmed the call to reporters aboard Air Force One Sunday but said only, “I wouldn’t say it went well or badly. It was a phone call.”

Casone read from a report : “The U.S. message to Maduro was direct. Safe passage would be guaranteed for him, his wife, and his son only if he agrees to resign right away.”

“Venezuela is condemning the president’s statem

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