Trump hints at second Venezuela strike if officials don’t cooperate

Source: https://www.ariananews.af/trump-says-second-venezuela-strike-possible-if-government-does-not-cooperate/
Published: 2026-01-06
Author: Horse
Post Date: 2026-01-06 09:25:06 by Horse
Views: 76

Trump also said U.S. oil companies need “total access” to the country’s vast reserves and suggested that an influx of Venezuelan emigrating to the United States also factored into the decision to capture Maduro.


Trump’s comments to reporters aboard Air Force One raised the possibility of further U.S. military interventions in Latin America, and suggested Colombia and Mexico could also face military action if they do not reduce the flow of illicit drugs to the United States, Reuters reported.

“Operation Colombia sounds good to me,” Trump said. He also said that Cuba, a close ally of Venezuela, “looks like it’s ready to fall” on its own without U.S. military action.

Maduro is in a New York detention center awaiting a Monday court appearance on drug charges. His capture by the United States has sparked deep uncertainty about what is next for the oil-rich South American nation.

Trump said his administration will work with remaining members of the Maduro regime to clamp down on drug trafficking and overhaul its oil industry, rather than push for immediate elections to install a new government.

Top officials in Maduro’s government are still in charge and have called the detentions of Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores a kidnapping.

“Here there is only one president, whose name is Nicolas Maduro Moros. Let no one fall for the enemy’s provocations,” Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said in an audio recording released by the ruling PSUV socialist party.

Images of the 63-year-old Maduro, blindfolded and handcuffed stunned Venezuelans. The operation was Washington’s most controversial intervention in Latin America, since the invasion of Panama 37 years ago.

Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino said on state television the U.S. attack killed soldiers, civilians and a “large part” of Maduro’s security detail “in cold blood.” Venezuela’s armed forces have been activated to guarantee sovereignty, he said.

The Cuban government said 32 of its citizens were killed during the raid.

Vice President Delcy Rodriguez — who also serves as oil minister — has taken over as interim leader with the blessing of Venezuela’s top court and has said Maduro remains president.

Rodriguez has long been considered the most pragmatic member of Maduro’s inner circle. But she has publicly contradicted Trump’s claim she is willing to work with the United States.

Trump said Rodriguez may pay a bigger price than Maduro “if she doesn’t do what’s right,” according to an interview with The Atlantic magazine on Sunday.

The Venezuelan communications ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on that remark.


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#1: Horse    To: Horse (#0)

Behind the DOJs politicized indictment of Maduro: a CIA-created network and coerced star witness

The US Department of Justice indictment of Venezuela’s kidnapped leader, Nicolas Maduro, is a political rant that relies heavily on coerced testimony from an unreliable witness. Despite DOJ edits, it could expose more Americans to the CIA’s own history of drug trafficking.

The January 3 US military raid on Venezuela to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores was followed by the Department of Justice’s release of its superseding indictment of the two abductees as well as their son, Nicolasito Maduro, and two close political allies: former Minister of Justice Ramon Chacin and ex-Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace Diosdado Cabello. The DOJ has also thrown Tren De Aragua (TDA) cartel leader Hector “Niño” Guerrero into the mix of defendants, situating him at the heart of its narrative.

The indictment amounts to a 25 page rant accusing Maduro and Flores of a conspiracy to traffic “thousands of tons of cocaine to the United States,” relying heavily on testimony from coerced witnesses about alleged shipments that largely took place outside US jurisdiction. It accuses Maduro of “having partnered with narco-terrorists” like TDA, ignoring a recent US intelligence assessment that concluded he had no control over the Venezuelan gang. Finally, the prosecutors stacked the indictment by charging Maduro with “possession of machine guns,” a laughable offense which could easily be applied to hundreds of thousands of gun-loving Americans under an antiquated 1934 law.

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/01/05/indictment-maduro-cia-network-witness/

Horse posted on 2026-01-06 09:25:42   Reply   Private Reply


#2: Horse    To: Horse (#1)

I heard that 2 tons of silver was removed from Venezuela just before the US was allowed to take Maduro. Also Venezuela has lots of gold in the ground ready to be mined.

I also heard that Venezuela owes China $100 billion plus dollars which they cannot collect if the US gets their oil.

Perhaps the Venezuelans and China can make a deal. Missiles capable of sinking US ships 1,000 Kms (620 miles) off their shore in exchange for their $100 billion debt.

Trump plans to meet Xi Jinping in China after weakening by taking their oil. Maybe not.

Horse posted on 2026-01-06 09:33:34   Reply   Private Reply


#3: Esso    To: Horse (#0)

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Esso posted on 2026-01-06 12:36:08   Reply   Private Reply


#4: Esso    To: All (#3)

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Esso posted on 2026-01-06 13:10:33   Reply   Private Reply


#5: BTP Holdings    To: Horse (#2)

Venezuelan oil is a heavy crude with high Sulphur content. Refineries in Houston were built to handle this type of crude oil. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2026-01-06 20:07:35   Reply   Private Reply


#6: Prefrontal Vortex    To: Horse (#0)

Maduro needs to talk about Zionists on the stand.

Prefrontal Vortex posted on 2026-01-08 23:29:57   Reply   Private Reply


#7: Prefrontal Vortex    To: Esso (#3)

It's been a great week for unfollowing people on X.

First, unfollowing all the Israel Firsters and normiecons cheering the kidnapping of Maduro.

Second, unfollowing all the Anti-Zionists appalled the about the lesbo killed in Minneapolis.

Prefrontal Vortex posted on 2026-01-08 23:36:02   Reply   Private Reply