{"id":2531407,"date":"2026-01-08T10:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-us-could-control-venezuela-much-longer-than-a-year\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:28:33","slug":"trump-says-us-could-control-venezuela-much-longer-than-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-us-could-control-venezuela-much-longer-than-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US could control Venezuela &#8216;much longer&#8217; than a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-us-could-control-venezuela-much-longer-than-a-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2531407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump said the United States could politically oversee Venezuela &#8220;much longer&#8221; than three months to a year, during a lengthy New York Times interview after a recent overnight U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-delcy-rodriguez-the-venezuelan-vp-in-talks-with-trump\/\" title=\"Who is Delcy ..., the ...n VP in talks with ...?\">military operation captured<\/a> former Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. An interim government led by acting president Delcy Rodr\u00edguez-Maduro&#8217;s former vice president-remains in place and has been cooperating with the trump governance, including signing an oil deal to deliver up to 50 million barrels to the U.S. Under the agreement, proceeds from market-rate oil sales will be redistributed to Venezuela and used to buy U.S.-made products; Trump said the deal is helping lower oil prices. Senator Marco Rubio outlined a three-stage plan for Venezuela: stabilization under Rodr\u00edguez, a recovery phase that opens Venezuelan markets to American and Western firms while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-demands-world-recognize-and-fund-the-taliban\/\" title=\"China Demands World Recognize and Fund the Taliban\">promoting national reconciliation<\/a> and amnesty for opposition figures, and a later leadership transition, though he did not detail the final stage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says US could control Venezuela &lsquo;much longer&rsquo; than a year<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2467049\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The United States could oversee the political happenings in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a> for &ldquo;much longer&rdquo; than three months to a year, President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made the comments in a two-hour interview with <em>New York Times<\/em> reporters, less than one week after the U.S. military staged an overnight operation to capture former Venezuelan dictator <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\">Nicolas Maduro<\/a> on Saturday. An interim government, led by acting President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4400827\/venezuela-new-president-cooperating-with-trump-after-maduros-capture\/\">Delcy Rodriguez<\/a>, remains in place in Venezuela, but it is seemingly cooperating with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4409499\/venezuela-oil-tanker-seizures-us-strategy-trump\/\">How Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >oil tanker seizures fit<\/a> in the US-Venezuela strategy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4410628\/gop-test-trump-venezuela-military-action-maduro-capture\/\">GOP faces test on Trump&rsquo;s Venezuela military action after Maduro capture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4410815\/trump-meeting-colombia-gustavo-petro\/\">Trump announces meeting with Colombia&#8217;s Petro after week of saber-rattling<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>When asked if the U.S. would politically oversee the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-america\/\">South American<\/a> country for three months, six months, a year, or longer, Trump said, &ldquo;I would say much longer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez, Maduro&rsquo;s former vice president, has been cooperating with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> since taking her oath of office on Monday. She has inked an oil deal with Trump, under which her country will give up to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4409129\/trump-venezuela-turn-over-sanctioned-oil\/\">50 million barrels of oil<\/a> to the U.S. The Trump administration will take the money from those market-rate oil sales, redistribute it to Venezuela, and Rodriguez&rsquo;s administration will then use that money to purchase exclusively U.S.-made products, per the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4410587\/trump-venezuela-us-products-money-oil-deal\/\">oil deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-interview-venezuela.html\">interview<\/a> with the outlet that because of the deal, &ldquo;we&rsquo;re getting oil prices down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a> outlined a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4409825\/rubio-three-fold-plan-venezuela-what-comes-next\/\">three-step plan<\/a> for the future of Venezuela&rsquo;s government on Thursday, starting with &ldquo;stabilization&rdquo; under Rodr&iacute;guez, followed by &ldquo;recovery,&rdquo; then a leadership transition.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio said the recovery stage will be based on &ldquo;ensuring that American, western, and other companies have access to the Venezuela market in a way that&rsquo;s fair.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4409418\/main-players-venezuela-government-who-could-be-targeted\/\">THE MAIN PLAYERS IN VENEZUELA&rsquo;S GOVERNMENT AND WHO COULD BE TARGETED NEXT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At the same time, begin to create the process of reconciliation nationally within Venezuela so that the opposition forces can be amnestied and released from prisons or brought back to the country and begin to rebuild civil society,&rdquo; Rubio said of the second, recovery phase.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio did not elaborate on the transition stage in his initial comments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: US could govern Venezuela longer than a year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2531408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26006557000906.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[32319,32404,33439,36408,50813],"class_list":["post-2531407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-donald-trump","tag-geopolitics","tag-military-intervention","tag-us-foreign-policy","tag-venezuela-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26006557000906.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531407"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531411,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531407\/revisions\/2531411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2531408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}