A Trump administration official secretly met with a representative of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last month to negotiate the embattled leader's peaceful exit amid an economic crisis in the oil-rich nation. Richard Grenell, the former acting U.S. director of National Intelligence and ambassador to Germany, met with Maduro ally and Venezuelan politician Jorge Rodriguez in Mexico City, Bloomberg reported, citing four sources. It still isn't clear if Rodriguez and Maduro were open to Maduro leaving office. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPTrump did not publicly recognize Maduro as Venezuela's leader. During his State of the Union address in February, Trump honored Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who was in attendance.

Source: Fox News October 21, 2020 23:48 UTC