United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday, 7 January, refused to give a timeline of how long will America be running Venezuela and extract oil from the South American country, saying “only time will tell”. Speaking of America's agenda in Venezuela, Donald Trump said, “I would say much longer.” “We’re going to be using oil, and we’re going to be taking oil. Trump has said the United States intends to “run” Venezuela. The United States has taken control of two oil tankers connected to Venezuela, one of which was flying a Russian flag. Following a sustained shadowing effort across the Atlantic by Coast Guard Cutter Munro, tactical Coast Guard teams leveraged our powerful maritime law enforcement authorities to secure Bella I through a tightly executed joint operation.”

Source: Mint January 08, 2026 16:07 UTC