Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau told Newsmax on Tuesday that the growing chaos in Venezuela is very much a United States problem because the “migration crisis” can get “much, much worse.”

Further, Landau told “The Record With Greta Van Susteren” that President Nicolas Maduro is getting increasingly “desperate” as he tries to ride out the storm from stealing the country’s election, going so far as to move up Christmas this year.

“The migration crisis from Venezuela has been overwhelming, not just for the United States, but for the whole Western Hemisphere. And, you know, if the situation there continues to go down the drain, it can get much, much worse,” Landau said. “So I think we all have to keep a close eye on that. Ultimately, the Venezuelan people, it seems to me, have to be the ones to take the action to overthrow their government, the Maduro regime, I should say, because they just tried to vote him out.

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