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US formally recognises Venezuelan government – Trump

US recognises Venezuelan government
Donald Trump (L), Delcy Rodriguez (R).

Washington has rapidly warmed up to Caracas after kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro and forcing his administration to comply with US demands.

The US has “formally recognised” the interim Venezuelan government, President Donald Trump has stated. He has also touted a new “deal” with Caracas on the nation’s gold.

Trump drastically changed his rhetoric on the Latin American nation after kidnapping its president, Nicolas Maduro, in early January. Maduro now faces US charges of narcoterrorism, cocaine trafficking, and firearms offenses, which he denies outright.

The US president himself openly stated that Washington was also seeking control of Venezuela’s vast oil wealth. The country holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves – roughly one-fifth of the global total.

Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, who took over as Venezuela’s interim leader following Maduro’s abduction, initially declared that no “foreign agent” would control Venezuela. However, she has since moved to align with US demands, including opening Venezuela’s oil sector to American companies and cooperating on security.

“I’m pleased to say that this week, we have formally recognised the Venezuelan government,” Trump said at the ‘Shield of the Americas’ Summit in Florida on Saturday. “We’ve actually legally recognised them.”

On Thursday, the US Department of State stated that Washington and Caracas had “agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations.” It also added that US actions are still “focused” on what it called a “peaceful transition” to a new elected government.



Rodriguez had earlier maintained that Maduro remains the president of Venezuela. In mid-February, she called him the “legitimate leader” and insisted that both he and his wife Cilia Flores, who was abducted together with him, are innocent. She also told NBC at the time she had been invited to the US capital and is “contemplating coming there once we establish this cooperation.”

Trump had previously warned Rodriguez that if she “doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.” He then changed his rhetoric and called his relations with her “very good.” “I’m going to make a visit to Venezuela,” he stated last month.

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24 COMMENTS

  1. Here’s the spin on Rodriguez…
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delcy_Rodr%C3%ADguez
    With the Strait of Hormuz now cut-off, there will be very intense covert efforts made to procure Venezuelian Oil by the West.
    A socialist president won’t matter- money (and oil) talks, and political bullshit walks, or is conveniently and hippocritically overlooked!

  2. Dirty business from the dirty US regime….another shameful moment in a litany of shame…..a nation with no honour whatsoever.

    • Some yanks we know are distancing themselves from their international bully.
      One of them is a jew also. He’s now hiding.
      Can’t be nice to be suddenly a pariah, after your mad uncle raped girls and countries.

    • Yes, how shameful of this regime to… um… recognise another country’s government and establish diplomatic relations.

      You want them to keep their troops in Venezuela for 20 years like Afghanistan, then?

      • Yes, how shameful of this regime to… um… recognise another country’s government and establish diplomatic relations.

        You want them to keep their troops in Venezuela for 20 years like Afghanistan, then?

        So diplomatic relations or an occupying force?Only the US (and maybe the UK) wouldn’t understand the distinction between the two.

    • Chess doesn’t require guns, violence or threats, that’s why it exists. Its for those who use heir intellects to solve problems. Only the US would be deluded enough not not understand this.

    • Oy vey, anonymous, 5D chess? That fool has lost his marbles years ago when partying with Epstein.
      And me thinks you are deluded to come here with flat-lining mentality.
      This is a high IQ outfit.

    • 18% amongst democrats so that’s, whats the word I’m looking for, oh that’s right, propaganda…..hey nice try though talking head….maybe do some stats revision tho…

  3. Chess doesn’t require guns, violence or threats, that’s why it exists. Its for those who use their intellects to solve problems. Only the US would be deluded enough not understand this.

  4. Delcy Rodriguez is being rewarded for her betrayal of Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan people, and worse the entire Chavista movement with its roots in legendary Venezuelan hero “El Libertador,”Simón Bolívar.

    Vice President Rodriguez and her brother travelled to Qatar three times on unofficial business prior to the U.S operation. without Maduro’s knowledge, reportedly to hold discussions with U.S/CIA on facilitating the removal of Maduro in exchange for money and power.

    Money and power she got in spades, with her and her co-conspirators the probable recipients of the $50 million reward that Trump claims was never paid, and Rodriguez being appointed as another puppet “president” by Trump with no electoral mandate.

    In exchange the U.S has control over $14 trillion worth of Venezuelan resources.

    What is difficult to understand is why the Venezuelan people haven’t risen up in revolt. Perhaps the money is trickling down far enough to keep their leaders quiet and the people powerless.

  5. Step aside NATO, the new geopolitical military alliance is Judaeo Zion Zealotry-Christian evangelical Zealotry. Pan-America and Greater Israel.

  6. ““The president announced a comprehensive military and economic coalition designed to eliminate cartel operations throughout the Western Hemisphere. The 17-nation pact includes provisions for joint military operations, intelligence sharing, and coordinated border enforcement. Trump emphasized that cartels would be designated as foreign terrorist organizations, opening the door for unprecedented military action against drug trafficking networks.””
    https://wltreport.com/2026/03/07/trump-military-hemispheric-crackdown-17-nation-coalition-destroy/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20president%20announced,drug%20trafficking%20networks.%E2%80%9D

  7. Latest alternative media nres reports are declaring that the U.S. has seized all of Venezuela’s gold supply…

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