President Trump told NBC News that the United States must “nurse the country back to health” before elections can be held there, and named a group of U.S. officials to oversee next steps.

President Trump said that the U.S. is in charge of Venezuela after the daring U.S. military mission to arrest authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro following his indictment on narco-terrorism charges. A Maduro loyalist was sworn in as interim leader in Caracas.

After a whirlwind Saturday ending in the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, the pair is in U.S. custody awaiting arraignment.

US President Donald Trump has warned Venezuela’s defacto leader she must meet America’s demands following Nicolas Maduro’s capture. We explore what Trump hopes to achieve in the Latin American country,

President Donald Trump warned Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez on Sunday to “do what’s right” or she will “pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”

Following the operation, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. would "run" Venezuela for an unspecified "period of time." Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has been sworn in as interim leader to lead the country after what the Venezuelan Supreme Court described as Maduro's "kidnapping.

President Donald Trump’s administration is working quickly to establish a pliant interim government in Venezuela following the dramatic capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to US officials, prioritizing administrative stability and repairing the country’s oil infrastructure over an immediate turn to democracy.

Hours after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country Saturday, President Donald Trump said the United States would run Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations.