Trump signals possible further interventions after Venezuela operation

Time reports that after failing to win the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, Donald Trump opened 2026 by striking targets inside Venezuela and capturing its leader, Nicolás Maduro, an action many observers described as a breach of sovereignty. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro condemned the U.S.

military action and urged convening the U.N. Security Council. Trump defended the intervention, saying Venezuela was “increasingly hosting foreign adversaries” and invoking the Monroe Doctrine—calling his version the “Don-roe” Doctrine—and the Administration has described a related “Trump Corollary” in last year’s National Security Strategy.

Relations with Colombia have been strained amid mutual denunciations, and Trump has publicly suggested he might expand anti-drug operations beyond Venezuela. Trump also raised Cuba, Greenland, Iran and Mexico as potential points of focus: he said Cuba could be discussed but later suggested it might “just fall,” he revived calls to acquire Greenland as a defense asset (drawing condemnation from Denmark’s prime minister), and he warned on Truth Social that the U.S.

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World, Donald Trump, Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela, Colombia, Gustavo Petro