By Admin 
America conducted air strikes on many targets including Venezuela’s capital Caracas. Along with Caracas, the US Air Force also bombed Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira. After the American airstrike, national emergency was declared in Venezuela. US President Donald Trump has claimed that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been captured by America. Amidst this military action of America, an old video of Trump is also going viral.
In this video, Donald Trump is seen saying, ‘They took away our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They drove our companies out of there and we want them back. This video is of December 18 last year. Trump had said this while talking to the media before taking off in his Air Force One.
🇺🇸🇻🇪Trump speaking about #Venezuela on December 18th, 2025:
“They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out. And we want it back.” pic.twitter.com/t0ybh3Os04
— Commentary: Trump Truth Social Posts On January 3, 2026
Trump may have been repeatedly striking Venezuela’s ships by accusing them of drug smuggling, but his main focus was on Venezuela’s oil reserves. The US several times attacked and destroyed ships carrying Venezuelan goods with missiles, after which Trump defended the military action and said that Venezuela has been smuggling large quantities of drugs into the US, which our soldiers have stopped. Regarding this, he had also called Nicholas Maduro a drug smuggler.
Venezuela had made an offer to Trump a month ago
Venezuela said on December 2 that it was ready to negotiate an agreement with the US to combat drug trafficking. However, Nicolas Maduro knew very well that Trump wanted to change his government because he had shown the way out of Venezuela to American oil companies.
Venezuela surrounded by Venezuela
Not only this, Trump wants to do something big, this can be gauged from the fact that the US Army had surrounded Venezuela from all sides. Along with this, Trump was also repeatedly warning of ground operations in Venezuela and in the early hours of January 3, America carried out an airstrike in Venezuela.