Donald Trump has ordered the seize of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — and is now TAKING OVER the nation!
On Saturday morning, the controversial President took to his far-right social media platform Fact Social to announce the seize of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his spouse, First Woman Cilia Flores. Trump revealed the 2 have been captured in an in a single day raid and introduced aboard the USS Iwo Jima in handcuffs and blindfolds. See the surprising photograph HERE.
Trump has accused Maduro of drug trafficking and “forcing” migration into the US, and claims he makes use of cash obtained by way of oil to fund his alleged drug-trafficking crimes. Nevertheless, Maduro has denied all Trump’s claims, in keeping with CBS Information.
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On Saturday, Trump claimed in a press release from Mar-a-Lago that the US will now “run” Venezuela till a even handed transition happens:
“We’re going to run the nation till such time as we are able to do a secure, correct and even handed transition. We don’t wish to be concerned with having another person get in, and we now have the identical state of affairs that we had for the final lengthy interval of years. So we’re going to run the nation.”
Elsewhere, he claimed:
“No nation on the planet may obtain what America achieved, efficiently capturing Maduro in the dark. We’re going to get the oil flowing the way in which it ought to be…we’re gonna run it correctly. We’re gonna be certain the individuals of Venezuela are taken care of … We’re not afraid of shoes on the bottom. We had boots on the bottom final evening at a really excessive degree. We’re going to guarantee that nation is run correctly. This isn’t in useless … We’re going to run the nation proper. It’s going to be run very judiciously, very pretty. And it’s gonna make some huge cash. You understand they stole our oil. We constructed that entire trade and so they simply took it over like we have been nothing. So we did one thing about it. We’re late, however we did one thing about it. We’ll be promoting massive quantities of oil [from Venezuela] to different international locations.”
Watch his tackle (under):
Trump started bombing the nation’s capital Caracas in an unlawful army operation previous to capturing Maduro. This all comes months after a rising US army presence within the area.
On X (Twitter), Trump has been met with widespread criticism, with many accusing him of unconstitutionally ordering the army motion to grab management of the nation’s oil. See (under):
My assertion on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/AiHPASu3iO
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 3, 2026
I am demanding Congress vote on a Warfare Powers Decision to cease Trump’s unlawful struggle with Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/l4NtXzi5Fd
— Congressman Greg Casar (@RepCasar) January 3, 2026
Assertion in reference to the Trump Administration army actions in Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/n74tdiNDtg
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) January 3, 2026
Rachel Maddow on Venezuela: “There are only a few People proper now who’ve any concept why the USA did this. If this was about drug trafficking then why did President Trump simply pardon the previous President of Honduras who was convicted of sending a whole bunch of tons of… pic.twitter.com/KJ5A9b90vx
— Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) January 3, 2026
Trump desires to “run” Venezuela however he can’t even run the USA. No person can afford something. Healthcare, groceries, lease, tuition, drugs and many others. No person desires this besides him.
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) January 3, 2026
President Trump’s unilateral army motion to assault one other nation and seize Maduro — regardless of how horrible a dictator he’s — is unconstitutional and threatens to pull the U.S. into additional conflicts within the area. What does it imply that the U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela, and…
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) January 3, 2026
???? Chris Murphy when requested about attainable army strikes on Venezuela: “It is fairly clear it is simply an effort to distract individuals from the rising costs and the Epstein scandal. Nobody desires a struggle with Venezuela … and by the way in which, it is wildly unlawful.”
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) January 3, 2026
9 months earlier than the 2024 election, Trump mentioned he wished Venezuela to break down so he can take them over for oil, and now he is bombing Caracas on the primary full moon of 2026. This was by no means about medicine. It was at all times about oil.pic.twitter.com/se7limfQDi
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) January 3, 2026
The factor about Trump’s struggle in Venezuela is that he nonetheless hasn’t launched 5 million pages of the Epstein information
— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) January 3, 2026
Venezuela is dominated by an illegitimate regime, however the Administration has not made the case that an pressing risk to America’s nationwide safety existed to justify using U.S. army pressure.
President Trump has made no secret of his intentions to successfully abolish the…
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 3, 2026
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