President Donald Trump gave a press conference where he shed more light on the plan for Venezuela following its leader’s capture.
The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by United States forces created a leadership vacuum for the country, but Trump says he has a plan for moving forward.
Watch:
.@POTUS: “We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.” pic.twitter.com/VkfaCbg3su
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 3, 2026
“So, we don’t want to be involved with having somebody else get in and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years. So we’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition, and it has to be judicious because that’s what we’re all about,” he declared. “We want peace, liberty and justice for the great people of Venezuela, and that includes many from Venezuela that are now living in the United States and want to go back to their country, it’s their homeland.”
“We can’t take a chance that somebody else takes over Venezuela that doesn’t have the good of the Venezuelan people in mind. They’ve had decades of that. We’re there now, and what people don’t understand, but they understand as I say this, we’re there now, but we’re going to stay until such time as the proper transition can place.”
X users reacted:
Marco Rubio realizing that he’s going to be the next president of Venezuela pic.twitter.com/C1aM754PCT
— Rep. James Thibault (@James4NH) January 3, 2026
And we all thought it would be Canada as the 51st.
— Maga Puppy (@Maga_Pup) January 3, 2026
In the end the Venezuelan people will get a government that serves them not a narco-terrorist tyrant
— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) January 3, 2026
Congratulations to the interim president of Venezuela! pic.twitter.com/hqo1D439va
— Ellie (@Mai_ASUR) January 3, 2026
We launched an attack on a foreign country, suffered zero casualties, kidnapped their leader, overthrew their government, and took control of their entire country in 2 hours.
Pax Americana https://t.co/kqsJYMi8aG
— apollo (@apollyon_xi) January 3, 2026
President Trump captured Maduro within hours, without a single American casualty. Now Venezuela, one of the most resource rich nations on Earth can finally see its people benefit from the wealth that was stolen from them! ✝️🇺🇸🇻🇪 https://t.co/y54rujywdd
— Markus Allen 🇺🇸 (@NexGenRecon) January 3, 2026
Thank you, Mr. President.
Venezuelans today and in future generations will always be grateful for your support. https://t.co/kvNvJ2TctN— Vincenzo Cicero (@Italforeigner) January 3, 2026
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