Trump Warns Venezuela VP: Do Right or Get Maduro'd Even Harder
KEY POINTS
- •President Trump warned Venezuela’s interim leader Delcy Rodríguez on Sunday with a threat heavier than the Maduro capture.
- •Rodríguez condemned the US action but reportedly assured Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Venezuelan officials would cooperate.
- •Trump also reiterated his desire for US control of Greenland, citing defense needs during a rare chat with Michael Scherer.
On a Sunday episode of geopolitical soap opera starring President Trump and Venezuela’s ex-VP turned interim enemy Delcy Rodríguez, sparks flew over Maduro’s oil-rich kidnapping tour. Rodríguez condemned US ‘colonialism’ post-Maduro capture but reportedly told Rubio’s secret chat squad she’s ‘gracious’ and ready to ‘do whatever’ for Washington. Trump issued a charming threat: behave or get walloped harder than Maduro—because you know ‘regime change’ is the weird new renovation plan where ‘It can’t get worse’ actually means ‘Brace for chaos, VIP style.’ Meanwhile, Trump doubles down on wanting Greenland, claiming it’s vital for defense, as if Denmark’s autonomous landmass were a patriotic munchie snack.
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Trump treating Venezuela like a hostile neighborhood block party: ‘Behave or I’ll send Maduro’s sequel.’ Next up: Greenland, because apparently islands are college debt to the US defense budget.
Only Donald Trump could make geopolitics sound like a WWE smackdown and a real estate pitch all in one breath.
‘Do whatever you need’ said Delcy to Rubio, which sounds less like diplomacy and more like bad first-date negotiations.
Source: Axios | Published: 1/4/2026 | Author: Rebecca Falconer
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