Republican US president says Washington will ‘run’ Venezuela after US troops seize the country’s leader.

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United States President Donald Trump said that a US military assault succeeded in capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, both facing US charges related to cocaine trafficking under newly unsealed indictments.

In a January 3 news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said the US would “run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition”.