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Trump: We Will Be Actively Involved in Venezuelan Oil – Maduro Captured Within a Fortress

Published January 3, 2026, 15:16
Trump: We Will Be Actively Involved in Venezuelan Oil – Maduro Captured Within a Fortress

President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been transferred to a ship after being arrested by US forces and will be taken to New York, Donald Trump announced today. The US president stressed that charges have been filed against Maduro and his wife in New York. Trump stated that no Americans were killed during the operation to arrest the Venezuelan president, noting that the US is now making decisions about what will happen to the Venezuelan leadership. He said they will consider whether opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will be placed in the leadership of Venezuela. The US will be “very heavily” involved in the Venezuelan oil industry, the American president also said, speaking to Fox News. “We have the biggest oil companies in the world, the biggest, the greatest, and we will be very actively involved in that,” he said. He added that he has a good relationship with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and that China will not have a problem with the operation in Venezuela, because “they will get oil.” The operation against Maduro sends a message, he said, adding that anyone loyal to Maduro will not have a good future if they remain loyal to the arrested Venezuelan president.