“I don’t need international law,” Trump told The New York Times in an expansive, two-hour interview. “It depends what your definition of international law is,” he said. When all is said and done, the president admitted the only thing able to stop Trump was Trump himself. The president later said that while an interim leader was being installed, the United States would control the country. The U.N.’s top official, Secretary General António Guterres said that Trump’s orders in Venezuela violated the U.N. charter in an emergency Monday meeting.

Source: International New York Times January 08, 2026 23:58 UTC