Trump says U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela after raid captured Maduro
President Donald Trump said the United States will control Venezuela for an unspecified period after a U.S. operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
“We’ll run it properly. We’ll run it professionally. We’ll have the greatest oil companies in the world go in and invest billions,” he said, while declining to rule out U.S. military deployments. “We’re not afraid of boots on the ground.”
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores were removed from the country by helicopter, taken aboard the USS Iwo Jima and will be brought to New York, where both are facing federal charges.
Trump said the U.S. had prepared to mount a second-wave attack in Venezuela but that he doubted it would be needed.
