{"id":193604,"date":"2025-12-14T18:24:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-tensions-with-venezuela-rise-after-presidents-reported-ultimatum-to-maduro-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T18:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:24:18","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-tensions-with-venezuela-rise-after-presidents-reported-ultimatum-to-maduro-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-tensions-with-venezuela-rise-after-presidents-reported-ultimatum-to-maduro-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: tensions with Venezuela rise after president\u2019s reported ultimatum to Maduro – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump reportedly had a \u2018blunt message\u2019 for Venezuelan president: leave power and your country immediately \u2013 key US politics stories from 1 December at a glance
Donald Trump<\/a> reportedly had a blunt message for the Venezuelan president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a>: leave power \u2013 and your country \u2013 immediately.
Sources told the Miami Herald<\/a> the US president had a phone call with his South American counterpart, who is the focus of a four-month pressure campaign in which Trump has ordered a major naval deployment off Venezuela\u2019s northern coast.
\u201cYou can save yourself and those closest to you, but you must leave the country now,\u201d Trump reportedly said, offering safe passage for Maduro, his wife and his son \u201conly if he agreed to resign right away\u201d.
However, Venezuela\u2019s president reportedly refused to step down immediately and allegedly made a series of counter-demands, including worldwide immunity from prosecution and being allowed to cede political control but keep control of the armed forces.
It\u2019s the latest ratcheting up of tensions between the two nations. Trump on Monday reportedly met with his top national security advisers<\/a> to discuss Venezuela, though details of that meeting were not known.
Donald Trump reportedly gave Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a> an ultimatum to relinquish power immediately during their recent call \u2013 but Venezuela\u2019s authoritarian leader declined, demanding a \u201cglobal amnesty\u201d for himself and allies.
On Sunday, Trump confirmed the call had taken place, telling reporters: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it went well or badly, it was a phone call.\u201d
Neither the US nor Venezuelan government have offered further details of the topics discussed during the highly unusual conversation, which is thought to have happened on 21 November.
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The EU\u2019s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said she fears talks between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin<\/a>, and Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will pile pressure on Ukraine to make concessions, with the two men expected to meet on Tuesday.
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The FBI<\/a> director, Kash Patel, is \u201cin over his head\u201d and leading a \u201cchronically under-performing\u201d agency paralyzed by fear and plummeting morale, according to a scathing 115-page report compiled by a national alliance of retired and active-duty FBI special agents and analysts.
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The White House on Monday released details of Donald Trump\u2019s recent \u201ccomprehensive executive physical\u201d after the president admitted on Sunday night he had \u201cno idea\u201d what part of his body had been the subject of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.
Trump, the oldest US president, underwent the procedure during a surprise \u201csemi-annual physical<\/a>\u201d on 10 October and faced questions about it from reporters on Air Force One as he traveled back to Washington after a Thanksgiving break in Florida.
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A Republican Indiana lawmaker whose child has Down syndrome has promised to oppose efforts to redraw<\/a><\/strong> the state\u2019s congressional map to favor his party after Donald Trump<\/a> aimed a slur for people with intellectual disabilities at a political opponent.
Donald Trump\u2019s former personal lawyer Alina Habba<\/a><\/strong>, whom his administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey top federal prosecutor, is disqualified from serving in the role, an appeals court said on Monday.
The UK\u2019s National Health Service is to pay 25% more for innovative drugs in return for zero tariffs on exports of pharmaceuticals to the US<\/a><\/strong> under a deal with Donald Trump\u2019s government.
Actor Josh Brolin says President Trump was a \u201cdifferent guy\u201d when he first met him in 2009, and that \u201cthere is no greater genius than [Trump] in marketing\u201d.<\/a> <\/strong>Brolin was speaking to the Independent<\/a> to promote his new film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery<\/a> and said that while his clergyman character was not based on the president, there was a similarity in that once he \u201cgarners a sense of power, then there are no boundaries\u201d.
A raid by federal immigration authorities on Saturday in New York City was thwarted by about 200 protesters<\/a><\/strong>, several of whom were arrested after scuffles with police officers.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 30 November 2025<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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