"News broke after midnight Friday that the United States struck Venezuela's capital of Caracas early Saturday morning, and at 4:21 AM, Trump announced on Truth Social that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown to the United States. Tyler Pager of The New York Times scored a phoner with Trump minutes after his post, and asked about Machado. Trump punted that question for his then-scheduled 11AM presser."
"PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support within, or the respect, within the country She's a very nice woman, but she doesn't have the respect PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, you know, it won't cost us anything because the money coming out of the ground is very substantial. So it's not going to cost us."
United States forces struck Caracas early Saturday and President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown to the United States. Trump told reporters the United States will run Venezuela until new leadership is found and suggested occupation costs would be offset by Venezuelan oil revenues. Trump said the U.S. has not been in contact with opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and assessed that she lacks sufficient support and respect inside Venezuela to serve as leader. Machado had dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump, saying he deserved to win.
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