President Trump isn’t “concerned” about Russian leader Vladimir Putin having expressed support for Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, according to the White House — despite dolloping heavy military and economic pressure on the South American’s narcoterrorist regime.

Asked by a reporter in Thursday’s briefing about concerns over Putin’s “embrace” of Maduro, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “I don’t think that would be concerning to the president at all.”

“I’ll let him speak on it,” she added. “He has not spoken to President Putin today.”

Russia has long backed Venezuela, signing a “Treaty on Strategic Partnership and Cooperation” earlier this year that went into effect last month. 

Citing that agreement, Maduro in recent weeks has been seeking Moscow’s help in pushing back against US military pressure on his narcoterrorist regime.

Moscow for years has poured weapons, cash and lifelines into Caracas, propping up Venezuela’s crumbling oil empire with joint ventures, shipments of military gear and billions in Russian loans and financing deals, effectively tying chunks of its oil industry to the Kremlin’s checkbook.

The partnership was the subject of Putin’s discussion with Maduro Thursday, according to the Kremlin.

“Vladimir Putin expressed solidarity with the people of Venezuela and reaffirmed his support of the policies of the Maduro government aimed at protecting national interests and sovereignty amid growing external pressure,” the Kremlin said in a statement.

“Both sides reaffirmed their mutual commitment to the consistent implementation of joint projects in trade and the economy, energy, finance, culture and humanitarian affairs and other areas.”

While no physical Russian aid to Venezuela since the US military buildup began three months ago has been confirmed, a suspicious Russian cargo aircraft believed to have been carrying military aid arrived in Venezuela in October after similar Maduro’s pleas for support.

The countries have a long history of collaboration through their fellow ally, Iran, which provided Shahed “suicide” drone technology to both Venezuela and Russia that Moscow uses nightly in Ukraine.

President Trump since September has been pressuring Maduro to end his narcoterrorist regime by sending 11 warships and 15,000 troops to the waters near Venezuela.

After weeks of strikes on drug boats carrying narcoterrorists working on behalf of Maduro’s cartels, the tensions rose further on Wednesday when the US boarded and seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast.

While Trump’s push on Venezuela is targeting narcoterrorists, Maduro for years has also been the source of more traditional terrorists in the hemisphere, including from the Iran proxy terror group Hezbollah, according to multiple senior US officials.

“Too often, Hezbollah in Venezuela is characterized as only a potential terrorist threat. In reality, the Lebanese terrorist group has helped to turn Venezuela into a hub for the convergence of transnational organized crime and international terrorism,” the Atlantic Council wrote in 2020.  “Hezbollah’s crime-terror network in Venezuela has facilitated Iran’s cooperation with the Maduro regime.”

Trump has not spoken publicly about the Putin-Maduro call, but Leavitt’s comment came at a precarious moment in US-Russia relations as the White House is pushing hard for a peace agreement in Ukraine.

However, the president in a Monday interview suggested that Maduro’s “days are numbered.”