Mr Trump later reiterated his comments that the US would take control, telling reporters on Air Force One “we’re going to run everything” with elections “at the right time”. Hours after Mr Rubio’s comments, interim leader Delcy Rodriguez issued a public message to the US, asserting Venezuela’s “right to peace, development, sovereignty, and a future”. “The United Kingdom was not involved in any way,” Mr Jones told Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme. We regarded Maduro as an illegitimate President and we shed no tears about the end of his regime. “It’s for the Americans now and for Venezuela to set out what happens in the coming days,” he said.

Source: The Times January 05, 2026 04:59 UTC