President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will temporarily rule Venezuela’s affairs following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
Speaking during an NBC News special report, Trump said, “We are going to run the country until a safe, proper, and judicious transition. We don’t want to be involved in someone else getting in with the same situation.” He stressed that U.S. involvement would only last until a legitimate transfer of power is achieved.
While no specific timeline was given, Trump said the goal of the intervention is to guarantee stability and an orderly handover to new leadership in Venezuela.
The announcement followed what Trump described as a major U.S. military operation carried out in Caracas late Friday night into early Saturday under his direct authorization. “Overwhelming air, land, and sea forces were used to launch a spectacular assault,” he said in a separate White House address, adding that it was a strike unlike anything “people haven’t seen since World War II.”
According to Trump, the operation targeted a heavily fortified military facility in central Caracas and was aimed at bringing the “outlaw dictator” Nicolás Maduro to justice. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured during the operation.
Both are expected to be transferred to the Southern District of New York, where they will face multiple charges, including narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, and possession of machine guns and destructive devices.
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