By Admin 
The US carried out midnight airstrikes on several military bases in Venezuela, including the capital Caracas, Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira. After this, President Donald Trump claimed that the US Army has arrested Nicolas Maduro along with his wife. After all, why is Trump going after Venezuelan President Maduro?
Donald Trump has long been considered against Maduro. The US President has said many times that Maduro is responsible for illegal immigrants from Venezuela into America. A large number of people had come to America after the economic crisis that hit Venezuela since 2013. Trump has also called Venezuelan President Maduro the biggest smuggler and had also announced a reward of 50 million dollars for his arrest.
Trump holds Maduro responsible for illegal supply of drugs, cocaine
Along with this, Donald Trump has been holding Maduro responsible for the illegal supply of drugs and cocaine. However, Maduro has said many times that Trump wants to remove him from power on the pretext of drug charges and Trump has his eyes on Venezuela’s oil reserves. Apart from this, America has seized Venezuelan oil tankers several times on charges of carrying banned oil.
Who will take over power in Venezuela after Maduro?
If Trump’s claim is true, then according to the Venezuelan Constitution, power will go to Nicolas Maduro’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, who handles economic policy. However, it is not clear who will ultimately come to power. The US does not recognize Maduro as the legitimate president and Venezuela’s opposition says the real president is exiled leader Edmundo Gonzalez.
Maduro has been the President of Venezuela for 13 years
Nicolas Maduro has been the President of Venezuela since 2013. He is the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. After the elections held in Venezuela in the year 2024, there was a lot of uproar over the elections in the country. The opposition parties there had alleged that Gonzalez had won the elections, but even then Maduro was declared victorious.
Maria Corina Machado banned from contesting elections
Venezuela’s main opposition leader is Maria Corina Machado, whose election was banned by Maduro. Recently, in October 2025, Maria was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize, for which she crossed the sea and reached Oslo. She had reached Oslo while hiding from the Maduro government. Some independent international teams had helped Maria to reach Oslo from Venezuela. Let us tell you that Trump had announced a reward of 50 million dollars on Maduro a few days ago.