Pentagon and White House advisers have poured cold water on President Donald Trump’s threats to invade countries deemed enemies to the U.S.

In an interview with Politico that aired Tuesday, Trump said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s “days are numbered” and refused to rule out American troops entering the South American country on foot.

Mexico and Colombia, too, were singled out, with Trump name-checking them for possible ground invasions.

However, the same publication has now interviewed six Republican lawmakers, Pentagon officials, and White House advisers who have all but admitted that Trump’s words are empty threats.

His statements are “a designed strategy to pressure Maduro to leave,” said one White House insider, while others dismissed Trump’s threat of involvement in Me

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