{"id":17495,"date":"2026-01-05T01:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=17495"},"modified":"2026-01-05T01:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:03:50","slug":"us-president-trump-threatens-venezu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/us-president-trump-threatens-venezu\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump threatens Venezuela\u2019s interim leader Delcy Rodriguez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump threatens Venezuela\u2019s interim leader <\/strong>Delcy Rodriguez <\/strong><\/h3>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to Venezuela\u2019s interim leader, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez<\/a>, threatening severe consequences if her government fails to comply with demands from the United States. Trump said that Rodr\u00edguez could face an even \u201cbigger price\u201d than Venezuela\u2019s captured president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, if she does not take actions Washington considers appropriate.<\/p>\n

Trump made the remarks during a brief telephone interview with The Atlantic<\/em> magazine on Sunday, while traveling to Florida for a golf outing. His comments underscored a hardline approach toward Venezuela, a country that has remained at the center of U.S. foreign policy tensions for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf she doesn\u2019t do what\u2019s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,\u201d Trump said, without specifying what form the consequences would take.<\/p>\n

According to Trump, the United States has demanded that Venezuela immediately end its alleged involvement in \u201cnarco-terrorism,\u201d including drug smuggling operations into the U.S. He also said Washington wants Venezuela to distance itself from U.S. adversaries such as Cuba and Iran, as well as militant groups like Hezbollah. Additionally, Trump emphasized that the U.S. expects greater control and oversight over Venezuela\u2019s oil operations, a critical sector of the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

The comments come amid confusion over Trump\u2019s earlier statement suggesting that the United States would \u201crun Venezuela,\u201d a remark that sparked controversy over the weekend. On Sunday, senior Republican figures, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, appeared to walk back those comments, attempting to soften the interpretation and reduce diplomatic fallout.<\/p>\n

Trump did not clarify what he meant by the U.S. \u201crunning\u201d Venezuela, leaving uncertainty over whether he was referring to economic oversight, political influence, or a more direct role in the country\u2019s governance.<\/p>\n

The statements are likely to escalate tensions between Washington and Caracas further, as Venezuela continues to face international scrutiny, economic sanctions, and internal political instability. Observers say Trump\u2019s remarks reflect a continued policy of maximum pressure, signaling that any Venezuelan leadership unwilling to align with U.S. demands could face intensified political and economic consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump threatens Venezuela\u2019s interim leader Delcy Rodriguez U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to Venezuela\u2019s interim leader, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, threatening severe consequences if her government fails to comply with demands from the United States. Trump said that Rodr\u00edguez could face an even \u201cbigger price\u201d than Venezuela\u2019s captured president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2299],"tags":[3696],"class_list":["post-17495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-delcy-rodriguez-donald-trump"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17495"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17498,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17495\/revisions\/17498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}