{"id":2618907,"date":"2026-06-25T08:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-rubio-offer-help-to-venezuela-after-hundreds-of-casualties-from-massive-earthquakes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T08:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:20:37","slug":"trump-and-rubio-offer-help-to-venezuela-after-hundreds-of-casualties-from-massive-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-rubio-offer-help-to-venezuela-after-hundreds-of-casualties-from-massive-earthquakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Rubio offer help to Venezuela after hundreds of casualties from massive earthquakes"},"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\">28<\/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-and-rubio-offer-help-to-venezuela-after-hundreds-of-casualties-from-massive-earthquakes%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=2618907&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 offered assistance to Venezuela following two major earthquakes that severely damaged the country.The earthquakes, measuring 7.1 and 7.5 Magnitude, resulted in at least 164 deaths and over 971 injuries, with the U.S.Geological Survey estimating a 44% chance of more than 10,000 casualties. Acting Venezuelan president Delcy Rodriguez declared a state of emergency and called for calm. The United States is deploying search and rescue teams from Virginia and California, along with humanitarian aid, to support affected efforts. Other nations, including El Salvador, France, and Italy, also offered aid, with France sending specialized rescue teams and Italy activating humanitarian channels. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed condolences and emphasized the immediate deployment of rescue and relief resources.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> offered to help <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a> after it experienced two powerful earthquakes on Wednesday, causing significant damage in the South American country. As of Thursday morning, 164 people were dead and over 971 were injured after the back-to-back earthquakes, with the first registering a magnitude 7.1 on the Richter scale and the second registering a 7.5. The death toll is expected to rise in the aftermath, with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/world\/live\/venezuela-earthquakes-live-updates-at-least-164-dead-and-nearly-1000-injured-after-powerful-twin-tremors-065127841.html\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/world\/live\/venezuela-earthquakes-live-updates-at-least-164-dead-and-nearly-1000-injured-after-powerful-twin-tremors-065127841.html\">U.S. Geological Survey estimating<\/a> that there is a \u201c44% chance of over 10,000 casualties.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/condo-board-president-warned-of-serious-deteriorating-conditions-ahead-of-miami-building-collapse\/\" title=\"Condo Board President Warned Of Serious, \u2018Deteriorating\u2019 Conditions Ahead Of Miami Building Collapse\">president warned<\/a> that the earthquakes \u201chave left a devastating number of deaths\u201d in a post to his Truth Social account late Wednesday night. He said the United States is standing by and ready to help.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4624410\/new-mexico-governor-investigation-dea-allowing-fentanyl-in-state\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New Mexico governor calls for investigation of DEA for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-governor-calls-for-investigation-of-dea-for-allowing-fentanyl-drug-trafficking-in-state\/\" title=\"New Mexico governor calls for investigation of DEA for allowing fentanyl drug-trafficking in ...\">allowing fentanyl drug-trafficking<\/a> in state<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4622868\/us-mint-limited-edition-quarters-july-4-america-250\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US Mint to produce limited-edition July 4 quarters for America 250<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4622438\/supreme-court-retirement-clock-ticking-byron-york\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>The Supreme Court retirement clock is ticking: Byron York<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe two major earthquakes that just hit the great people of Venezuela are both massive in scale and have left a devastating number of deaths,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpTruthOnX\/status\/2069990510975189423\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpTruthOnX\/status\/2069990510975189423\">Trump said<\/a> in his post. \u201cThe U.S.A. stands ready, willing, and able to help! I have instructed all agencies of our government to get ready to move quickly. We will be there for our new and great friends. Early reports are not good!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The two major earthquakes that just hit the great people of Venezuela are both massive in scale and have left a devastating number of deaths. The U.S.A. stands ready, willing, and able to help! I have instructed all agencies of our government to get ready to move quickly. We will\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KdDxoLKCEA\">pic.twitter.com\/KdDxoLKCEA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpTruthOnX\/status\/2069990510975189423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4624261\/caracas-venezuela-earthquakes-usgs\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4624261\/caracas-venezuela-earthquakes-usgs\/\">previously reported<\/a> that a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Moron, located about 130 miles west of the country\u2019s capital city of Caracas, at a depth of 8 miles at approximately 6:04 p.m. local time. Less than a minute later, the stronger 7.5 earthquake was detected in the same area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez declared a state of emergency following the earthquakes and urged Venezuelans to remain calm in the aftermath of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/c621z18wznet\">strongest<\/a> earthquakes to hit Venezuela since 1900. Venezuela was observing its national Carabobo Battle holiday when the earthquakes began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecRubio\/status\/2070017868683727039\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecRubio\/status\/2070017868683727039\">Marco Rubio expressed his support<\/a> for the Venezuelan people in a post on X on Thursday morning. He said the State Department was \u201cimmediately deploying search and rescue teams, medical resources, and humanitarian assistance to Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur hearts are with all those who have lost loved ones, those injured, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >courageous rescue workers working tirelessly<\/a> in the aftermath,\u201d Rubio posted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The United States extends our deepest condolences to the people of Venezuela following the devastating earthquakes. <\/p>\n<p>Our hearts are with all those who have lost loved ones, those injured, and the courageous rescue workers working tirelessly in the aftermath. <\/p>\n<p>America stands\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecRubio\/status\/2070017868683727039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later, he expanded on what type of assistance was being sent to the country, saying they\u2019ve deployed search and rescue teams from Virginia and California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re already deploying search and rescue teams from Fairfax County, Virginia, and Los Angeles. There will be some others we\u2019ll add,\u201d he said, speaking to the press in Bahrain. \u201cThat\u2019s their most immediate need right now, is search and rescue efforts- they have much of collapsed buildings. And so they\u2019ll need a lot of help in terms of digging through that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve already stood up our disaster response teams at the Department of State and our humanitarian efforts. It\u2019s something we did very well in Jamaica, after that storm, and it\u2019s something we\u2019re really prepared to do now,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other world leaders also offered their well-wishes, sympathies, and support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Salvador President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/2069958907045249176?s=46\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/2069958907045249176?s=46\">Nayib Bukele said<\/a> in a post on X that his country was sending \u201c300 rescuers and paramedics, along with 50 tons of equipment, medicines, and essential supplies.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4624261\/caracas-venezuela-earthquakes-usgs\/\"><strong>\u2018HIGH CASUALTIES\u2019 FEARED AFTER TWO POWERFUL EARTHQUAKES ROCK VENEZUELA: USGS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French President Emmanuel Macron also offered his support and said he spoke with Rodriguez. He offered his country\u2019s assistance and said he would be deploying a team of 85 \u201cFrench specialized rescuers for search and rescue operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed solidarity with Venezuela and said that Italy would be activating \u201cevery channel of humanitarian aid and assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump offers aid to Venezuela after deadly earthquakes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2618908,"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\/06\/image-collage-132b57bk1-1782382977682-e1782383029270.jpg?1782368637&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81713,81712,50813],"class_list":["post-2618907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-earthquake-relief","tag-u-s-aid","tag-venezuela-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-132b57bk1-1782382977682-e1782383029270.jpg?1782368637&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618907","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=2618907"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2618911,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618907\/revisions\/2618911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2618908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2618907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2618907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2618907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}