Well, I guess the US government really did conquer Venezuela now. Trump literally said the U.S. would "run" Venezuela until a transition of power happens, no schedule, no timeline, just run it like a pop-up Starbucks franchise?

So what happened to the Venezuelan vice president? Last I checked she wasn't casually sipping coffee in DC, she actually got sworn in under Venezuelan constitutional rules after Maduro capture, then publicly insisted Maduro is still the real president and not some tourist attraction in U.S. custody.

If your "opinion" contradicts reality, it's not an opinion, you're just wrong. 

If someone's opinion is that certain populations can just be killed off, they're just crappy people. 

Newly inaugurated NYC mayor Mamdani condemns US action in Venezuela

Zohran Mamdani, who was sworn in as mayor of New York City on Thursday, has spoken out against the attack, calling it an “act of war”.

“Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law,” said Mamdani in a post on X. He said the actions amount to a “blatant pursuit of regime change” that carry broad implications, including for tens of thousands of Venezuelans living in New York.

“My focus is their safety and the safety of every New Yorker, and my administration will continue to monitor the situation and issue relevant guidance,” said Mamdani.

I was briefed this morning on the U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, as well as their planned imprisonment in federal custody here in New York City.

Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and…

— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) January 3, 2026

Venezuela’s VP says US trying to ‘twist the will of the people’

Venezuela’s Vice President Rodriguez has called the US attacks and capture of Maduro a “brutal” exercise in force “to twist the will of the people”.

“What was done today [to] Venezuela could be done to any other country as well,” warned Rodriguez in a televised address.

Speaking in front of a Venezuelan flag, Rodriguez said that Venezuelans are “patient” and will “find our path forward in peace and tranquility”.

“Those who have resorted to the use of force, those who must resort to illegality, don’t have reason on their side,” she said, adding that Venezuela will never be a “colony” of any nation.


_{A rally near the Mireflores Palace demanding the ‘return’ of Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela}

Sovereignty of states is never negotiable: Le Pen

Marine Le Pen, the longtime leader of the French far-right, has commented on the US operation in Venezuela in a long post on X.

“There were a thousand reasons to condemn the regime of Nicolas Maduro: communist, oligarchic, and authoritarian,” she wrote.

“But there is one fundamental reason to oppose the regime change that the United States has just brought about in Venezuela. The sovereignty of states is never negotiable, regardless of their size, their power, or their continent. It is inviolable and sacred.

“To renounce this principle today for Venezuela, for any state, would be to accept our own enslavement tomorrow. It would thus be a mortal peril, at a time when the 21st century is already the stage for major geopolitical upheavals that cast over humanity the constant threat of war and chaos.”

‘The sovereignty of states is never negotiable, it’s inviolable and sacred’ — Marine Le Pen

‘To renounce this principle today for Venezuela, for any state, would be to accept our own enslavement tomorrow’ https://t.co/3nW3kaaLlM pic.twitter.com/IeDIEpnoSQ

— RT (@RT_com) January 3, 2026

Eh…I wouldn’t aim my fire at the individual. Target the institutions which prey upon people right from the womb. Show grace and mercy on individuals, they are victims of a corrupted, powerful entity.

Trump is a fascist warmongering pig who does not respect the sovereignty of other nations. Maduro is a bastard, but that does not justify a sitting president unilaterally (and therefore illegally) invading another nation and kidnapping its head of state. This wasn't about the plight of Venezuelan citizens, because U.S. interventionism has almost never been for humanitarian reasons and is often responsible for countless atrocities of its own. It wasn't about drugs, because the long-ongoing War on Drugs was never about anything other than power (over half a century of it and, just like Prohibition before it, has done jack shit to fix substance abuse problems in the U.S.). This is clearly about raiding Venezuela for its resources and fulfilling Trump's irredentist desires.

Anybody who applauds this lawlessness can go fuck themselves.

So the USA just invaded the sovereign territory of another nation, kidnapped their president and then told them he’s also stealing their country(and oil). Seems perfectly normal and reasonable behaviour.

You cease to be a victim when you comply with it.

Nobody is to blame by being born in the USA, or Venezuela, or Brazil or whatever, but you are to be blamed by your actions.

I wish another nation would kidnap Trump and rule the US until it gets an "appropriate" government, just to see what people who now approve Trump's invasion of Venezuela would say about it.

Pretty much, and now Columbia and Cuba might be next.

Would be at least a justified move when you just change "drugs" which Trump uses as argument into "guns" which many American countries could argue with. And maybe, just maybe it would be also easier for a country like Mexico to handle the problems if all those criminals wouldn't get hundred thousands of weapons from USA so easily.

But it's USA so nobody will do anything, not even some sanctions against any US industry will happen. Some will complain a little and that's it. After that every country will just watch how US oil companies will have a new big revenue stream to make USA even more powerful so that every other country will suffer even more under USA's way to negotiate anything with anyone.