{"id":16780,"date":"2026-01-04T12:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/?p=16780"},"modified":"2026-01-04T12:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:34:07","slug":"nicolas-maduro-jailed-in-new-york-trump-says-us-will-run-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/2026\/01\/04\/nicolas-maduro-jailed-in-new-york-trump-says-us-will-run-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicol\u00e1s Maduro jailed in New York; Trump says US will \u2018run\u2019 Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guardian<\/em> has a terrific breaking news and update ticker<\/a> tracking headlines in the aftermath of Venezuelan dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro’s capture and exfiltration by the US military.<\/p>\n

The top story, naturally, is that Maduro is being held in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, where Sean Combs, Luigi Mangione, and Sam “The Scam” Bankman-Fried can be counted among his fellow inmates.<\/p>\n

According to the NY Times<\/em>, At least 40 people<\/a>, including civilians, were killed during the US’s strike on Venezuela. The Times also scrutinizes one of Trump’s justification for toppling Maduro and finds it more than questionable<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NBC News looks at Trump foreign policy doctrine that emphasizes threats of regime change<\/a>. Alternet<\/em> helpfully points out that not all of Trump’s closest allies think the Venezuela operation was the right move<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Salon proclaims Venezuela to be our own criminal president\u2019s latest crime scene<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The New York Times analyzes Trump having opened a new chapter in American nation building \u2013 and extreme risk<\/a> \u2013 as he declared that the United States had toppled Venezuela\u2019s leader and would “run” the country for an indefinite period.<\/p>\n

NPR looks at oil as a factor in the decision to overthrow Madura<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Semafor<\/em>: News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid<\/a><\/p>\n

“Here’s your alpha male, MAGA!” Conover Kennard at Crooks and Liars<\/em> profiles Sleepy Don at his big, beautiful Venezuela victory lap appearance<\/a>. And Alternet<\/em> looks at both the muddled messaging and Trump’s “slurring” during the Saturday press atrocity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mediate<\/em>: \u2018Why the F\ud83c\udf46 Is X on the Big Screen?\u2019: The Internet Reacts to X Being Pulled Up in Mar-a-Lago War Room During Maduro Capture<\/a><\/p>\n

NPR: Venezuelans wonder who’s in charge as Trump claims contact with Maduro’s deputy<\/a><\/p>\n

Guardian<\/em>: US attack on Venezuela raises fears of future Greenland takeover<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Links to the latest post-Venezuela-attack headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16780"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16785,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16780\/revisions\/16785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}