Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gather in the streets of Caracas on Saturday after U.S. forces captured him. President Trump, alongside Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks to the media Saturday after U.S. military actions in Venezuela. ‘Congress will leak,’ Trump saysThe Trump administration did not seek congressional approval for the attack, prompting lawmakers from both parties on Capitol Hill to express trepidation and concern over the operation. Kim said the Trump administration plan to run Venezuela was “disastrous.”“The American people deserve a government focused on running our own country, not the folly of trying to run another,” Kim wrote on social media. Right-leaning allies of Trump including Argentina’s Javier Milei and Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa backed the U.S. attack, while leftists broadly condemned it.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 03, 2026 20:14 UTC