Trump reveals future of Venezuela after issuing chilling ‘second wave’ warning | World | News

Donald Trump said on Saturday the US will “run” Venezuela for the time being, until “we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition”. During a press conference held from his residence in Florida on January 3, the US President said: “We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition.

“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 are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition.” Mr Trump didn’t provide a timeline indicating when the transition may end.

Venezuela, the US President added, will be “rich, independent and safe” through this “partnership” with the States, Mr Trump also said.

During the press conference, which saw also the US Secretary of War Peter Hegseth in attendance, Mr Trump warned allies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro the US military is ready to carry out a second, “much bigger” wave of strikes on the Latin American country, should it be deemed necessary.

He claimed the US Armed Forces had initially assumed a second strike would be necessary, but the first attack was “so successful, we probably don’t have to do a second”. Yet, he warned: “But we’re prepared to do a second wave, a much bigger wave, actually”.

Celebrating the capture of Venezuelan socialist leader Mr Maduro and his wife, Mr Trump also said: “The dictator and terrorist Maduro is finally gone and Venezuelan people are free.

“They’re free again. It’s been a long time for them, but they’re free. America’s a safer nation this morning… and the Western Hemisphere is right now a much safer place to be.”

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