Updated On: 04 January, 2026 08:12 AM IST | Caracas | Agencies
US President Donald Trump said in an interview on Saturday morning that the United States will be making decisions on what is next for Venezuela after capturing the Latin American country’s president and flying him out of the country

After threatening to bomb Venezuela for months, US President Donald Trump struck the country early on Saturday. PIC/PTI
The US government struck Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, at least seven times at 3.00 am VET on Saturday. Multiple explosions rang out, and low-flying aircraft swept through Caracas as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government immediately accused the US of attacking civilian and military installations.
US President Donald Trump said in an interview on Saturday morning that the United States will be making decisions on what is next for Venezuela after capturing the Latin American country’s president and flying him out of the country. “We’ll be involved in it very much” as to who will govern the country, Trump said. “We can’t take a chance in letting somebody else run and just take over what he left, or left off,” Trump said. Maduro has been charged with narco-terrorism in the US.