# Explainer 499: Why is Donald Trump ‘running’ Venezuela?

An episode of [The Foreign Desk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/786319916), 7 Jan 2026, 8:41.

Audio: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e6127ab7-b81e-456b-893c-a8d600215365/7b9f282e-1b97-4d40-a38f-ab8a0123a4e7/9370c216-5dd1-42a7-a606-b3cb00d6ba07/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ed6a263e-d325-4e94-a10c-ab8a0123a4ec

Trump has pledged to ‘run’ Venezuela after US forces captured its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Is this the beginning of a tripolar world between the US, China and Russia? And should Greenland, Cuba and Colombia be on edge? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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