{"id":2532182,"date":"2026-01-09T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-voices-confidence-in-venezuelas-interim-government\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T19:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T00:06:27","slug":"trump-voices-confidence-in-venezuelas-interim-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-voices-confidence-in-venezuelas-interim-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump voices confidence in Venezuela&#8217;s interim government"},"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\">14<\/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-voices-confidence-in-venezuelas-interim-government%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=2532182&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 expressed confidence in Venezuela&#8217;s interim goverment, saying acting president Delcy Rodr\u00edguez-Nicol\u00e1s Maduro&#8217;s former vice president-&#8220;seem[s] to be an ally&#8221; after last weekend&#8217;s raid that removed Maduro. Trump defended the decision to capture Maduro at a White House meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-says-fossil-fuels-kill-more-people-each-year-than-the-holocaust-heres-the-truth\/\" title=\"CNN Says Fossil Fuels Kill More People Each Year Than The Holocaust. Here\u2019s The Truth\">oil executives<\/a>, arguing it was necessary to keep Russia and China from expanding their influence in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dictator-outreach-biden-to-ease-venezuela-sanctions-to-boost-oil-imports\/\" title=\"Dictator Outreach: Biden to Ease Venezuela Sanctions to Boost ... Imports\">oil-rich country<\/a>. The interim government has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >made conciliatory moves<\/a>, including releasing political prisoners and agreeing to transfer 30-50 million barrels of oil. Critics have questioned Trump&#8217;s choice to back Rodr\u00edguez instead of exiled opposition leader Mar\u00eda corina Machado, who is scheduled to meet trump and who won a 2025 Nobel Peace Prize; Trump said he might involve her in venezuela&#8217;s future. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated a three-phase plan for Venezuela that prioritizes stabilization and reconciliation before elections, and Trump gave a vague response when asked whether the goal is stability or democracy, saying he wants both.  <\/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 voices confidence in Venezuela&rsquo;s interim government: &lsquo;Seem to be an ally&rsquo;<\/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_2468629\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4413070\/trump-meets-oil-executives-bid-boost-us-drilling-venezuela\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> gave a soft endorsement of acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez on Friday, telling reporters that former dictator <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\">Nicolas Maduro&rsquo;s<\/a> replacement appears to be an &ldquo;ally&rdquo; of the United States after years of hostility from Venezuela&rsquo;s government.<\/p>\n<p>Many have criticized&nbsp;Trump&rsquo;s decision to allow Rodriguez, Maduro&rsquo;s former vice president, to take over following last Saturday&rsquo;s raid on Caracas, rather than exiled opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. And Trump&rsquo;s early decision to back her was predicated on her taking a friendlier posture toward his administration and its interest in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela&rsquo;s<\/a> oil reserves.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4413200\/trump-administration-investigating-refugee-status-minnesota-residents\/\">Trump administration to investigate refugee status of Minnesota residents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4413074\/watch-live-oil-executives-meet-trump-white-house\/\">WATCH LIVE: Oil executives meet with Trump at White House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4412812\/bessent-calls-minnesota-genesis-nationwide-rollout-anti-fraud-protocols\/\">Bessent calls Minnesota &#8216;genesis&#8217; of nationwide rollout for anti-fraud protocols<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Still, speaking at a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> meeting with American oil executives Friday evening, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-chaffetz-asks-if-dems-video-of-capitol-breach-violated-house-rules-on-manipulated-videos\/\" title=\"Jason Chaffetz Asks If Dems\u2019 Video Of Capitol Breach Violated House Rules On Manipulated Videos\">president gave<\/a> no indication that he was losing confidence and even portrayed her as someone who was broadly cooperative. Venezuela has begun to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4413250\/hundreds-opposition-members-still-imprisoned-venezuela-plays-nice-trump\/\">release political prisoners<\/a> as a &ldquo;peace&rdquo; gesture and agreed to turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They seem to be an ally, and I think it will continue to be an ally,&rdquo; he stated when asked to assess the interim government.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the meeting, Trump repeatedly defended his decision to capture Maduro, arguing that failing to do so would have allowed both China and Russia to increase their footprint in the oil-rich country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want to have Russia there. We don&rsquo;t want to have China there. And by the way, we don&rsquo;t want Russia or China going to Greenland,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3279344\/why-trump-is-likely-so-interested-in-greenland\/\">If we don&rsquo;t take Greenland<\/a>. You&rsquo;re going to have Russia or China as your next-door neighbor. That&rsquo;s not going to happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4413070\/trump-meets-oil-executives-bid-boost-us-drilling-venezuela\/\"><strong>TRUMP MEETS WITH OIL EXECUTIVES IN BID TO BOOST US DRILLING IN VENEZUELA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Machado is slated to visit Trump at the White House early next week. She has hinted that she may award the president with her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nobel-prizes\/\">Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>, which she earned in 2025 for leading the movement against the Maduro regime.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters asked Trump on Friday if, should Machado actually&nbsp;give him her peace prize next week, he would allow her to take over the government, to which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/softballs-and-adoration-read-the-questions-reporters-have-asked-bidens-press-secretary\/\" title=\"Softballs And Adoration: Read The \u2018Questions\u2019 Reporters Have ... Biden\u2019s Press Secretary\">president expressed<\/a> some degree of openness.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I have to speak to her &mdash; I&rsquo;m going to have to speak to her. She might be involved in some aspect of it,&rdquo; he responded. &ldquo;I will have to speak to her. I think it&rsquo;s very nice that she wants to come in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a> reiterated the administration&rsquo;s nebulous three-phase plan for Venezuela but did not say when new elections in the country would be held. Rubio stated that, before a transition could occur, the country would first need to be stabilized, and a &ldquo;reconciliation&rdquo; between the country&rsquo;s various power players would need to take place.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the meeting, a reporter asked Trump if he was more focused on bringing &ldquo;stability&rdquo; or &ldquo;democracy&rdquo; to Venezuela, to which he gave another vague answer.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4407567\/trump-venezuela-intervention-2028-debate-rubio-vance\/\"><strong>TRUMP&rsquo;S VENEZUELA INTERVENTION COULD SETTLE THE 2028 DEBATE FOR RUBIO AND VANCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re talking about stability or democracy? I don&rsquo;t know, to me it&rsquo;s almost the same thing,&rdquo; he stated. &ldquo;We want stability, but we do want democracy. Ultimately, it will be democracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Watch Trump&rsquo;s comments in full:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"iaE8lw8_x30\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Participates in a Meeting with Oil and Gas Executives\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iaE8lw8_x30?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\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 says Venezuela interim government is an ally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2532183,"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\/AP26009776018120.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[32319,70524,36710,36408,50813],"class_list":["post-2532182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-donald-trump","tag-interim-government","tag-latin-america","tag-us-foreign-policy","tag-venezuela-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26009776018120.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532182","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2532182"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2532186,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532182\/revisions\/2532186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2532183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2532182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2532182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2532182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}