President Donald Trump said the US would run Venezuela until a transition could be organized, hours after a US operation captured leader Nicolás Maduro, ousting the strongman from power after months of mounting military and economic pressure on his regime.
“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump said Saturday at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “So we don’t want to be involved with having somebody else get in, and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years.”
Trump said the US administration of Venezuela would include deploying US oil companies to the country.
“We’re going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country,” Trump said.
So Trump is not hiding the fact that Venezuela’s „democratic transition“ must result in a US-backed government that gives Trump everything he wants.
And he’s just saying it to the whole world.
aqalaw on
I guess he’s gonna make a deal with the Venezuelan military
sam99871 on
I don’t even know where to start with the concept of the US “running” Venezuela.
PubliusDeLaMancha on
The worst possible timeline
BrasshatTaxman on
Maduro has been sloppy with the military generals payoffs it seems.
BrasshatTaxman on
Maduro has been sloppy with the military generals payoffs it seems.
shalelord on
want me to do another Iraq? watch this.
billsatwork on
hey quick follow up question what does that mean
Ghoulius-Caesar on
I’m no fan of Maduro, but to the Venezuelan’s who think Trump is a hero, ask yourself these questions:
Is Trump making American lives better? Do you think he’s going to make life better for Venezuelans, or just make money for (already) rich businessmen?
CC-5576-05 on
Another forever war then
ImperiumRome on
>But Trump also demurred when asked if he would back opposition leader María Corina Machado, who is in an unknown location, to run the country, saying “we’re going to have to look at it.”
Wouldn’t Machado be an obvious choice ? She won the election, what’s there to think about ?
Unless there’s more to this than a simple removal of dictatorship and we don’t know about it yet.
Molniato on
Let’s go again with the Nation Building and the export of democracy!!🥳 Like it’s 2003 again!
MapleTreeSwing on
Distraction and/or a resource grab.
Greensentry on
I guess the Rules-Based International Order is totally dead now. The strongest nations decide the faith for the rest of us.
Presidenthummus_Bear on
Trump pardon drug trafficking former president of Honduras.
I’d pay to be in the room when the Americans and Venezuelans are in a room talking about how the country is run. Just the cold hard reality of „socialist“ Vs „for-profit“ smashing right into each other.
That said, Venezuela hasn’t been conquered. How do you run a country you don’t control? And with no boots on the ground. As it stands, it’s like Israel saying it would run Iran after decapitating it’s military.
softwaredoug on
The remaining Venezuela government and military gets a vote here.
Is Trump expecting them to do his bidding? Is there another shoe to drop to make “running Venezuela” a political reality?
Or are we sending in troops?
drewc717 on
„It won’t cost us anything.“ ✅
„US oil companies will invest billions of dollars into their infrastructure.“ ✅
„We will control the oil.“ ✅
RemindMe! 1 year.
FierceResistance on
Trump can’t even run the USA. Don’t forget he has pardoned notorious drug dealers. It’s all about the oil.
HardlyDecent on
Um… Did the US just *de facto* take over Venezuela? If Bolsonaro was technically the leader (legitimate or not), and the US just deposed/captured him… This seems bigger than the news is making it out to be. Like, is one of Trump’s miscreant offspring going to be head of state of a country now?
pashhtk27 on
Let’s go! Time to conquer Cuba, Greenland and Canada too. And then Mexico and rest of Latin America. Let’s have Empire of America become the largest country in world history!
Russians can have Europe, Chinese East Asia, Indians South Asia and Middle East can be nuked (as that would solve all problems). And then let’s make Africa the joint gulags of the empires, coz the rare earths and slaves have to come from somewhere. /s
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*Catherine Lucey for Bloomberg News*
President Donald Trump said the US would run Venezuela until a transition could be organized, hours after a US operation captured leader Nicolás Maduro, ousting the strongman from power after months of mounting military and economic pressure on his regime.
“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump said Saturday at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “So we don’t want to be involved with having somebody else get in, and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years.”
Trump said the US administration of Venezuela would include deploying US oil companies to the country.
“We’re going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country,” Trump said.
[Read the full story here.](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-03/trump-says-us-to-run-venezuela-in-interim-after-maduro-capture?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NzQ1OTU1MSwiZXhwIjoxNzY4MDY0MzUxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOEFJSFhUOTZPU0cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJEMzU0MUJFQjhBQUY0QkUwQkFBOUQzNkI3QjlCRjI4OCJ9.bFYcXA8EPmO0d0WK59J0y-XZDkkUOpu_KXAU1cWZaE0)
[Read our live blog here.](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2026-01-03/explosions-in-venezuela)
So Trump is not hiding the fact that Venezuela’s „democratic transition“ must result in a US-backed government that gives Trump everything he wants.
And he’s just saying it to the whole world.
I guess he’s gonna make a deal with the Venezuelan military
I don’t even know where to start with the concept of the US “running” Venezuela.
The worst possible timeline
Maduro has been sloppy with the military generals payoffs it seems.
Maduro has been sloppy with the military generals payoffs it seems.
want me to do another Iraq? watch this.
hey quick follow up question what does that mean
I’m no fan of Maduro, but to the Venezuelan’s who think Trump is a hero, ask yourself these questions:
Is Trump making American lives better? Do you think he’s going to make life better for Venezuelans, or just make money for (already) rich businessmen?
Another forever war then
>But Trump also demurred when asked if he would back opposition leader María Corina Machado, who is in an unknown location, to run the country, saying “we’re going to have to look at it.”
Wouldn’t Machado be an obvious choice ? She won the election, what’s there to think about ?
Unless there’s more to this than a simple removal of dictatorship and we don’t know about it yet.
Let’s go again with the Nation Building and the export of democracy!!🥳 Like it’s 2003 again!
Distraction and/or a resource grab.
I guess the Rules-Based International Order is totally dead now. The strongest nations decide the faith for the rest of us.
Trump pardon drug trafficking former president of Honduras.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/ex-honduran-president-juan-orlando-hernandez-trump-pardon
I’d pay to be in the room when the Americans and Venezuelans are in a room talking about how the country is run. Just the cold hard reality of „socialist“ Vs „for-profit“ smashing right into each other.
That said, Venezuela hasn’t been conquered. How do you run a country you don’t control? And with no boots on the ground. As it stands, it’s like Israel saying it would run Iran after decapitating it’s military.
The remaining Venezuela government and military gets a vote here.
Is Trump expecting them to do his bidding? Is there another shoe to drop to make “running Venezuela” a political reality?
Or are we sending in troops?
„It won’t cost us anything.“ ✅
„US oil companies will invest billions of dollars into their infrastructure.“ ✅
„We will control the oil.“ ✅
RemindMe! 1 year.
Trump can’t even run the USA. Don’t forget he has pardoned notorious drug dealers. It’s all about the oil.
Um… Did the US just *de facto* take over Venezuela? If Bolsonaro was technically the leader (legitimate or not), and the US just deposed/captured him… This seems bigger than the news is making it out to be. Like, is one of Trump’s miscreant offspring going to be head of state of a country now?
Let’s go! Time to conquer Cuba, Greenland and Canada too. And then Mexico and rest of Latin America. Let’s have Empire of America become the largest country in world history!
Russians can have Europe, Chinese East Asia, Indians South Asia and Middle East can be nuked (as that would solve all problems). And then let’s make Africa the joint gulags of the empires, coz the rare earths and slaves have to come from somewhere. /s