Trump gives a news conference after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, flanked by top Cabinet members. Vice President JD Vance was not present. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Vance publicly praised the operation on X but did not attend the briefing. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has been sworn in as Maduro’s successor, and Trump did not say whether the U.S. will move to install opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Urutia-Gonzalez.
Vance, in the past, has voiced skepticism of U.S. interventions.
In a Signal chat leaked after the Houthi strikes last March, Vance told a group of Trump Cabinet officials, "I think we are making a mistake."
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"[Three] percent of U.S. trade runs through the Suez Canal. Forty percent of European trade does. There is a real risk that the public doesn’t understand this or why it’s necessary," Vance said.
"I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now."
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