Members of Donald Trump’s inner circle are fed up with his handpicked special missions envoy.

Trump aides are claiming that Ric Grenell has been quietly sidelined from U.S.-Venezuela policy discussions after repeatedly advocating for making nice with leader Nicolás Maduro, Semafor reported.

He’s done so as Trump is publicly turning up the heat on the country’s socialist leader. The president announced this month that the U.S. military had destroyed three different boats allegedly crewed by members of the Tren de Aragua gang smuggling drugs to the U.S. from Venezuela.

The first attack, which killed 11 people in international waters, has been described by critics as a serious violation of human rights, possibly amounting to a war crime.

But Trump isn’t backing down. Just this week, he is

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