Comment on Trump’s Venezuela comments pose challenges for Pence

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a role Mike Pence has come to know well. The vice president departs Sunday for Latin America on the heels of yet another provocative statement from President Donald Trump that he is sure to have to answer for. This time it’s Trump’s sudden declaration that he would not rule out a “military option” in Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro has been consolidating power, plunging the country into chaos. The dramatic escalation in rhetoric seemed to upend carefully crafted U.S.