{"id":2531796,"date":"2026-01-09T06:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-cancellation-of-second-wave-of-attacks-on-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T06:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:37:37","slug":"trump-announces-cancellation-of-second-wave-of-attacks-on-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-cancellation-of-second-wave-of-attacks-on-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces cancellation of \u2018second wave of attacks\u2019 on Venezuela\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-announces-cancellation-of-second-wave-of-attacks-on-venezuela%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=2531796&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 announced on Truth Social that he has called off a previously planned &#8220;second wave of attacks&#8221; on Venezuela, though the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >timing adn details<\/a> of those strikes were not made public. He said the decision was prompted by venezuela&#8217;s recent release of a sizable number of political prisoners and improved cooperation between his administration and Venezuela&#8217;s interim leadership. Trump described U.S.-Venezuelan coordination on rebuilding the country&#8217;s oil and gas infrastructure and said he expects at least $100 billion in investment from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economists-bidens-policies-to-lift-oil-and-gas-prices-hurt-u-s-households\/\" title=\"Economists: Biden\u2019s policies to lift ... and gas prices, hurt U.S. households\">major oil companies<\/a>, which he planned to discuss at a white House meeting. He added that U.S. ships would remain in place for safety and security. The announcement follows Operation Absolute Resolve, the military action that the article says led to the capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.  <\/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 announces cancellation of &lsquo;second wave of attacks&rsquo; on Venezuela&nbsp;<\/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_2467270\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced he has canceled further military strikes planned on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a> on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced the decision in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media post<\/a> on his Truth Social account. The &ldquo;second wave of attacks&rdquo; was not publicly known, and it is currently unknown when they were supposed to have occurred. Trump said he gave the reprieve to Venezuela due to the synergy between collaborative efforts between his administration and the interim leader of the country, Delcy Rodriguez, and her administration. The impetus for Trump&rsquo;s decision appears to be <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4411679\/venezuela-commits-release-important-number-political-prisoners\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Venezuela&rsquo;s release of political prisoners<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4411372\/thousands-applied-minnesota-new-paid-leave-open-illegal-immigrants\/\">Thousands already applied for Minnesota&rsquo;s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mn-paid-leave-program-open-to-undocumented-workers\/\" title=\"New MN paid leave program open to \u2018undocumented workers\u2019\">paid leave program open<\/a> to illegal immigrants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4412127\/defense-hawks-tug-war-over-trump-foreign-policy\/\">Defense hawks get upper hand in tug-of-war over Trump foreign policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4412158\/shapiro-reelection-pennsylvania-governor-gop-challenge\/\">Pennsylvania Republicans dodge another Mastriano run, but can they beat Josh Shapiro?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Venezuela is releasing large numbers of political prisoners as a sign of &lsquo;Seeking Peace,&rsquo;&rdquo; Trump said in his post. &ldquo;This is a very important and smart gesture.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115864395969123502\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Venezuela&rsquo;s interim government announced it would free an &ldquo;important number&rdquo; of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-u-s-college-groups-have-assisted-a-designated-terrorist-org\/\" title=\"Report: U.S. College Groups Have Assisted A Designated Terrorist Org\">political prisoners held<\/a> under the former Maduro regime, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> previously reported. The freeing of these prisoners was announced by Jorge Rodriguez, brother of Venezuela&rsquo;s new leader. He stressed the importance of freeing the prisoners as a matter conducive to &ldquo;unity and coexistence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In order to contribute and collaborate in the effort that all of us must make for national unity and peaceful coexistence, the Bolivarian government, together with the institutions of the state, has decided to free an important number of Venezuelan and foreign individuals,&rdquo; Rodriguez said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump expressed optimism about the joint efforts in rebuilding Venezuela so far, stating that the interim administration and the U.S. are &ldquo;working well together.&rdquo; He then stated that it was due to these acceptable cooperative efforts that he decided to call off the previously unknown strikes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The U.S.A. and Venezuela are working well together, especially as it pertains to rebuilding, in a much bigger, better, and more modern form, their oil and gas infrastructure,&rdquo; Trump stated. &ldquo;Because of this cooperation, I have cancelled [sic] the previously expected second Wave of Attacks, which looks like it will not be needed, however, all ships will stay in place for safety and security purposes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4408994\/broad-economic-implications-maduro-ouster-venezuela\/\"><strong>ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF MADURO OUSTER IN VENEZUELA ARE BROAD AND DEEP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also added that oil corporations would be investing over $100 billion into new initiatives in Venezuela.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At least 100 Billion Dollars will be invested by BIG OIL, all of whom I will be meeting with today at The White House,&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to call off further military strikes and the meeting of oil companies to invest in Venezuela&rsquo;s future come less than a week after Trump gave the approval for Operation Absolute Resolve, the military operation that led to the capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.&nbsp;<\/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 cancels second wave of Venezuela attacks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2531797,"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\/AP26004859720022.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32319,36408,50813],"class_list":["post-2531796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-donald-trump","tag-us-foreign-policy","tag-venezuela-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26004859720022.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531796","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531796"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531800,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531796\/revisions\/2531800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2531797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}