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- Elliott Abrams, the former special envoy to Venezuela, expresses skepticism about U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to run Venezuela after Maduro's capture.
- He says the idea appears solely from Trump and remains impractical given Venezuela's complexity.
- Abrams supports democratic elections and says the United States should not deploy troops in Venezuela.
- Instead, he urges assisting a democratically elected government to negotiate with the military, as in other South American transitions.
