President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States will "run" Venezuela and tap its huge oil reserves after snatching leftist leader Nicolas Maduro out of the country during a bombing raid on Caracas. Trump did not go into detail what he meant but told a press conference in Florida: "We're going to be running it with a group." Trump, at a press conference, said, he would allow American oil companies to head into Venezuela to tap its massive crude reserves.
VIDEO | Palm Beach, FL: “Dictator, terrorist Maduro is gone,” says US President Donald Trump (@POTUS).
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 3, 2026
(Source: Third Party)
(Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/n147TvrpG7) pic.twitter.com/wYkwCgrkTu
Trump's announcement came hours after a lightning attack in which special forces grabbed Maduro and his wife, while airstrikes pounded multiple sites, stunning the capital city.Trump on Saturday posted a picture of the handcuffed and blindfolded Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro aboard a US warship on his Truth Social.
Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima. pic.twitter.com/omF2UpDJhA
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 3, 2026
Venezuela has been under US oil sanctions since 2019. It produces about a million barrels of crude per day. Trump has claimed that Caracas is using oil money to finance "drug terrorism, human trafficking, murder and kidnapping
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