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Trump triumphant as Venezuela is shaken by raid to snatch president
January 04, 2026
|The Observer
Hours after American forces grabbed Maduro and his wife under cover of darkness, the US president declares America will take over the nation's oil industry
President Trump announced that the US will “run” Venezuela after president Nicolás Maduro was snatched by US forces in a predawn raid after a months-long standoff with the oil-rich South American nation.
“We're going to run the country,” Trump declared after Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were dragged from their beds by US soldiers with the elite Delta Force. US troops swept into Caracas under cover of darkness after a barrage of airstrikes on targets across the Venezuelan capital. Within hours, the couple were onboard a warship bound for the US to face drug-trafficking charges.
Elected on a promise to end America’s involvement in foreign wars, Trump announced that the US would now occupy Venezuela, take control of its vast oil industry and oversee a change of power in Caracas.
“We can’t take a chance that somebody else takes over... We're not going to let that happen,” he said at a press conference at his Mara-Lago estate yesterday. He also issued a warning to other hostile governments in the region that “what happened to Maduro can happen to them”.
“We are reasserting American power... in our home region,” Trump declared, adding: “We're going to make the people of Venezuela rich, independent and safe.”
Trump hailed the raid as “one of the most stunning attacks... and powerful displays of American military might... in American history.”
The president said he was “ready to stage a much larger attack” if the US-backed regime change faced resistance. “We're not afraid of boots on the ground,” he said.
In another echo of the Iraq war, Trump triumphantly posted a photo of Maduro in handcuffs, his eyes masked and wearing headphones. The president said US troops had been ready to kill the Venezuelan despot if they faced armed resistance.
Trump said the White House had spoken to Venezuelan vice-president Delcy Rodríguez and was “designating various people” to run the country and “make Venezuela great again”.
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