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US Strikes Venezuela: Donald Trump's BIG statement after capturing President Nicolas Maduro: 'We're going to...'

WORLD Donald Trump said the US will run Venezuela indefinitely after Nicolás Maduro’s capture, overseeing a future transition and placing US oil companies in control of energy infrastructure. He praised a covert military operation, saying Caracas was darkened and no US troops or equipment were lost. Monica Singh Updated : Jan 04, 2026, 07:53 AM IST Former US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States would assume direct control over Venezuela for an unspecified period after the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, arguing that an extended presence was necessary to ensure stability and prevent a return to past political turmoil.

US Strikes Venezuela: Donald Trump's BIG statement after capturing President Nicolas Maduro: 'We're going to...'

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Key Highlights

  • Speaking at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump said Washington would oversee the country until it determined that a transition of power could occur without risk.
  • 'We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,' he said.
  • 'We don't want to be involved with having someone else get in, and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years.
  • So we are going to run the country.' He added that there was no fixed timeline for handing authority back to Venezuelan leadership, stressing that US officials would remain until they were confident the next administration would act in the public interest.
  • 'We're going to stay until such time as the proper transition can take place,' he said.
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