{"id":195741,"date":"2026-01-05T07:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-republicans-backpedal-on-claims-us-will-run-venezuela-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:44:42","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-republicans-backpedal-on-claims-us-will-run-venezuela-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-republicans-backpedal-on-claims-us-will-run-venezuela-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Republicans backpedal on claims US will \u2018run\u2019 Venezuela – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump has called on Venezuela\u2019s interim leader to adhere to US demands as top Republicans scramble to answer questions about what happens next \u2013 key US politics stories from 4 January 2026
Proclaiming the US would \u201crun\u201d Venezuela after abducting its president and his wife, president Trump has now qualified his claim. Amid questions, including from top Republicans, Trump has now called on Venezuela\u2019s interim president, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, to accommodate US demands or face the possibility of a fresh military intervention.
Rodr\u00edguez, 56, who had on Saturday pledged fealty to ousted president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and condemned his capture as an \u201catrocity\u201d, appears to be adhering to the US line.
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, spoke to Rodr\u00edguez, who told him \u201c\u2018we\u2019ll do whatever you need\u2019\u201d, Trump told reporters. \u201cShe, I think, was quite gracious, but she really doesn\u2019t have a choice.\u201d
Here are the key stories at a glance:
The prospect of the United States seizing direct control of Venezuela appeared to recede on Sunday after the shocking seizure of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a> \u2013 but US officials said Washington was keeping a 15,000-strong force in the Caribbean and might make a fresh military intervention if Venezuela\u2019s interim president, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, did not accommodate their demands.
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Democratic<\/a> leaders responded with fury on Sunday to Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s military intervention in Venezuela<\/a>, slamming it as an illegal act carried out in the absence<\/a> of required congressional approval that would lead to disaster for the American people.
\u201cThey literally lied to our face,\u201d said Chris Murphy, a US senator from Connecticut, on Sunday, referring to a briefing on Venezuela that the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio<\/a>, gave to his chamber last month. \u201cThe message they sent was that this wasn\u2019t about regime change \u2026 They said this is just a counter-narcotics operation.\u201d
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Protests bubbled up in several US cities over the weekend as people demonstrated against the Trump administration\u2019s unilateral military intervention in Venezuela \u2013 even as many in the diaspora publicly celebrated<\/a> the forced removal of president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a>.
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Kristi Noem<\/a>, the US homeland security secretary, said on Sunday that the US wants a leader in Venezuela<\/a> who will be \u201ca partner that understands that we\u2019re going to protect America\u201d to stop drug trafficking and \u201cterrorists from coming into our country\u201d.
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Denmark\u2019s prime minister has urged Donald Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland<\/a> after the president said the US \u201cabsolutely\u201d needs the territory.
Mette Frederiksen said on Sunday: \u201cIt makes absolutely no sense to talk about the US needing to take over Greenland. The US has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Danish kingdom.\u201d
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Canadian officials and public health experts are warning that US health and science institutions can no longer be depended upon for accurate information, particularly when it comes to vaccinations<\/a>, amid fears that misinformation from the Trump administration<\/a> could further erode Canadians\u2019 confidence in healthcare.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump<\/a> has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters, according to emergency management experts. The first year of his second term was marked by crackdowns on climate<\/a> science that produced world-class weather forecasts and the gutting of frontline federal agencies \u2013 policies that have left the country, already struggling to keep pace with severe storms, even more at risk.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A Wisconsin judge<\/a><\/strong> convicted of obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers has resigned.
In Doral, Florida, the suburban Miami city where up to 40% of the population is Venezuelan<\/a><\/strong>, hundreds of people danced, sang and waved Venezuela\u2019s flag as they celebrated the downfall of the despised president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 3 January 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Trump has called on Venezuela\u2019s interim leader to adhere to US demands as top Republicans scramble to answer questions about what happens next \u2013 key US politics stories from 4 January 2026Proclaiming the US would \u201crun\u201d Venezuela after abducting its president and his wife, president Trump has now qualified his claim. Amid questions, including from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}