""Initially, my jaw dropped," Salas told The Cipher Brief. "Even at the height of U.S. influence in Venezuela, in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, they never said they wanted to run the country. And I don't think the Trump administration comprehends the complexity that they're dealing with for a country as diverse and as big as Venezuela.""
""It was a brilliant military operation and the world should be better off because of it. Whether it WILL in fact be better off depends on what happens next. One of the lessons of other regime-change operations is not to topple a government without a plan for what comes next. What comes next in Venezuela seems as vague as the plan for running postwar Gaza under a 'Board of Peace'.""
""We're not afraid of boots on the ground,""
Trump declared the U.S. might "run" Venezuela, prompting shock and warnings about underestimating the country's size and diversity. Experts noted that even during peak U.S. influence Washington never pushed to run the country directly. Some supporters hailed Maduro's ouster as a tactical success but warned that removing a leader without a concrete plan for governance and stabilization risks failure. Trump indicated Delcy Rodriguez could lead if she "does what we want" and threatened potential deployment of ground forces, while U.S. naval forces remain positioned near Venezuela.
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