{"id":306565,"date":"2026-01-04T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-says-us-will-run-venezuela-after-seizing-president-maduro-in-military-assault-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T00:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:00:07","slug":"trump-says-us-will-run-venezuela-after-seizing-president-maduro-in-military-assault-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-says-us-will-run-venezuela-after-seizing-president-maduro-in-military-assault-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US will &#8216;run Venezuela&#8217; after seizing President Maduro in military assault | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/imDWemCn3R8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trump says US will 'run Venezuela' after seizing President Maduro in military assault | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/imDWemCn3R8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>President Trump has said the US is going to &quot;run&quot; Venezuela, following a military assault on the country and the seizure of its president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who have been flown to New York to face drug trafficking charges.    <\/p>\n<p>Speaking following the operation, Trump said the US would run the country  &quot;until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition\u201d.   He said that US oil companies would fix Venezuela&#8217;s &quot;broken infrastructure&quot; and &quot;start making money for the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said no US servicemen were killed in the operation.  He said that the US is &quot;ready&quot; to stage a second &quot;and much larger&quot; attack on the country if needed.  <\/p>\n<p>Trump earlier shared a photo of Maduro held prisoner on board the USS Iwo Jima. The image shows Venezuela\u2019s leader blindfolded and wearing ear defenders.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro has been indicted in New York on drugs and weapons charges and was flown there as a prisoner following his seizure.  The US attorney general has said he will face &quot;the full wrath of American justice&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>Maduro has previously denied being the leader of a drugs cartel and had said the US was planning to overthrow him in order to steal his country&#8217;s resources.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Brown presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Vanessa Silva, Tom Bateman, Joe Inwood, Nada Tawfik and Ione Wells.  <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump has said the US is going to &quot;run&quot; Venezuela, following a military assault on the country and the seizure of its president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who have been flown to New York to face drug trafficking charges. 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