trump venezuela

Mon, 04 May 2026 20:07:31 +0000

The US has been ramping up pressure on the Venezuelan leader since Trump took office last January. President Donald Trump said the U.S. "successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela" and said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were "captured. Trump has openly flirted with the idea of regime change in Venezuela. In late November, Trump gave Maduro an ultimatum to relinquish power, offering him safe passage out of the country. President Donald Trump has said the United States has received more than 80 million barrels of oil from Venezuela, hours after the Pentagon said US forces had captured a third.