{"id":223907,"date":"2026-01-08T15:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=223907"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:09:00","slug":"trump-says-us-control-over-venezuela-could-last-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/223907\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US control over Venezuela could last years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a two-hour interview with The New York Times, U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States could oversee Venezuela and control its oil revenue for years, Reuters<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

“Only time will tell” how long the United States will oversee Venezuela, Trump said. When asked by the newspaper if it would be three months, six months, a year or longer, Trump said: “I would say much longer.”<\/p>\n

“We will rebuild it in a very profitable way,” Trump said of Venezuela, where he sent troops to seize President Nicolas Maduro in a night raid on Jan. 3.<\/p>\n

“We’re going to be using oil, and we’re going to be taking oil. We’re getting oil prices down, and we’re going to be giving money to Venezuela, which they desperately need.”<\/p>\n

Trump added that the U.S. was “getting along very well” with the government of the interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, a longstanding Maduro loyalist who had served as the ousted leader’s vice president.<\/p>\n

The New York Times said Trump also appeared to lift a threat to take military action against Venezuela’s neighbour Colombia. Trump invited Colombia’s leftist leader, whom he had previously called a “sick man”, to visit Washington.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"