Posted on 01/04/2026 6:59:14 AM PST by McGruff
Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, who was sworn in on Saturday, is not the country’s legitimate leader, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
Rubio spoke with Rodriguez — the country’s vice president — after the US conducted a daring military operation to capture the former Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro.
However, he suggested the US will not support her staying in power. He called for elections to determine the next leader of the beleaguered South American country.
“This is not about the legitimate president. We don’t believe that this regime in place is legitimate via an election,” Rubio told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “And that’s not just us. It’s 60-something countries around the world that have taken that view as well.”
Rubio revealed that the Trump administration will leverage its oil quarantine on Venezuela to force Caracas to make changes.
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Cooperate or die.
Let us know.
NOW!
Good. She should have been arrested too as an accessory.
That lady anti-Maduroista should run Venezuela.
“This is not about the legitimate president. We don’t believe that this regime in place is legitimate via an election,” Rubio told ABC”
Sounds familiar.
That's what I'd prefer to see versus another direct use of U.S. ground forces. We had the right to grab Maduro because of the federal indictment, warrant, and Venezuela's refusal to extradite him. But I don't like the idea of continued military intervention - certainly not without some or of Congressional authorization.
I wouldn't support that if it was Biden as President, so I'm not going to support it just because Trump is.
She is too stupid to accept the terms
Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia was the last democratically elected president. Maduro stole the election from him.
The US needs to move quick to install VZ leadership as bad actors thrive in a power vacuum. Maduro is gone but will Tren de Aragua emerge large and in charge as an insurgency ?
Delcy Rodriguez and every other person who was appointed by Maduro must go. Some hard work ahead and I don’t see how the country can be rid of all the corrupt and terrorist military without troops on the ground. But what needs to be done will be, I’m sure of it. It would be wonderful to have a solid ally with Venezuela, good for both countries.
“don’t like the idea of continued military intervention - certainly not without some or of Congressional authorization.
I wouldn’t support that if it was Biden as President, so I’m not going to support it just because Trump is.”
Eye roll.
It’s a problem. The “duly elected” leaders Machado and Gonzalez are not strong figures and the men with the guns are all Maduro men implicated in the same drug trafficking. They are gangsters. Then there are the Cubans and Russians and Iranians still there. Unless one of the gangster generals steps up to lead the transition there won’t be one.
The narco socialists who control Venezuela will not just meekly surrender and turn power over to democratically elected new leaders. The corrupt generals, colonels and “civilian” bureaucrats could care less about Maduro but will tenaciously and even more brutally retain their power. They have no alternative. Getting them out and eliminated will not be easy. Yet nothing will really change unless they are eliminated.
President believes Machado lacks the chops. But an interim figure rarely does. They serve their purpose and if they’re sensible they move out of the way. Right now we need to prevent chaos which benefits only China and their narco-terror puppets.
Democrats can’t wait to holler “Look what you’ve done!” if chaos ensues. A Venezuelan apocalypse would be welcomed as “Trump’s fault!”
The USA is, only for the moment, in a position to lay demands on the Venezuelan leadership. We should lay it on thick, and now.
Before the usual Dems storm the facility and demand “free Maduro!” and the Chinese flood their puppet state with reinforcements.
In the end, this is not about Venezuela’s local criminal element. It’s about China and oil in our hemisphere.
It’s funny how people seem to remember the election being stolen and not Gonzalez himself.
He should be sworn in as President - the Venezuelan election was actually run very well until Maduro simply said “I’m the winner”.
Not sure why that’s controversial. Delcy Rodriguez is a Maoist Cartelista who was integral to the Chavista narco-terrorist scam.
I couldn’t agree more.
Makes sense. Was VP elected in a separate election?
Just like Xiden.
“Was VP elected in a separate election?”
Venezuela’s Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, was not elected to the role; she was appointed by President Nicolás Maduro in 2018
Just watched Rubio on MTP.
He really pummeled Welker. She couldn’t even interrupt him!
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