US President Donald Trump holds a press conference following a US strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US.
The US attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving President Nicolas Maduro in an overnight operation on Saturday, President Donald Trump said, in Washington's most direct intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.
"This was one of the most stunning, effective and powerful displays of American might and competence in American history," Trump said at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where he was flanked by senior officials, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Trump said Maduro was in custody and that American officials would take control of Venezuela.
"We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition," he said. "We can't take a chance that someone else takes over Venezuela who doesn't have the interests of Venezuelans in mind."
Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were taken to a ship after their capture by US forces and will be transported to New York, Trump also told Fox News on Saturday.
Trump said both Maduro and his wife had been indicted in New York.
US President Donald Trump said the United States will have large US oil companies go into Venezuela after the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro.
US President Donald Trump said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were seized in an overnight operation on Saturday and would face American justice, calling it one of the most successful military operations in US history.
"This was one of the most stunning, effective and powerful displays of American military might and competence in American history," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
He said US air, land and sea forces were used in the operation.
Trump said the embargo on all Venezuela oil remains in full effect.
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