President Donald Trump said the reign of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro could be coming to an end during a primetime appearance Sunday on the CBS investigative news program 60 Minutes.

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In the exclusive interview with the host Norah O'Donnell, Trump said Maduro’s time in charge of the South American nation could be coming to a close as the Trump administration continues to ramp up its military strikes on alleged drug vessels off the coast of Venezuela. 

“I would say yeah, I think so, yeah,” Trump said when O’Donnell asked whether Maduro’s “days are numbered.” Trump refused to rule out land strikes on the nation, but doubted that his administration would launch a full-scale war against Venezuela. 

“They've been treating us very badly,” Trump said of the Venezuelan government. “They’ve dumped hundreds of thousands of people into our country that we didn’t want.”