Trump Should Oust Maduro

U.S. military might can help democratize Venezuela without sending troops.

The USS Gravely departs the Port of Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago on October 30. November 7, 2025, 9:24 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

In a wide-ranging 60 Minutes interview with Norah O’Donnell that aired on Nov. 2, U.S. President Donald Trump revealed that the goal of his Venezuela policy is to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power. “Are Maduro’s days as president numbered?” O’Donnell asked, and Trump responded, “I would say so, yeah. I think so, yeah.”

This is an ambitious and inspired goal. If Trump can remove Maduro from power and install an enduring pro-U.S. democracy in Latin America, then this will be a tremendous foreign-policy success for

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