Mr Trump declared himself to be “in charge” of Venezuela after snatching Mr Maduro. On that basis, he should step up.
But the evisceration of the US Agency for International Development and mass layoffs of aid workers put his ability as well as willingness to do so in doubt.
The US has pledged $300m for relief efforts and its teams are among the 2,400 search and rescuers sent from around the world.
That’s a start.
But Venezuela’s people need and deserve concerted and sustained support, not only in the quake’s immediate aftermath, but for real recovery from permacrisis.
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That will be the real test for Ms Rodríguez and her party, and for US claims to leadership in the western hemisphere.
