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President Trump made it clear that the U.S. government is running Venezuela after President Nicolás Maduro was captured in a raid on Saturday.

Trump held a press conference declaring that Washington, D.C. is “in charge” of Venezuela, not the old Maduro regime.

“We’re going to take our oil back,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. He also said the U.S. will run Venezuela until elections are held and a transfer of power occurs.

“Well we’re going to run everything. We’re going to run it, fix it. We’ll have elections at the right time,” Trump said.

Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is acting as interim president of Venezuela. She called for a “balanced and respectful” relationship with America during the transition of power.

She invited the U.S. government to work together with her for a peaceful transition.

But Trump wasn’t familiar with Rodriguez when asked about her on Air Force One.

“If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price.”

“We’re dealing with the people that just got sworn in. And don’t ask me who’s in charge, because I’ll give you an answer, and it’ll be very controversial,” Trump explained.

When asked what he meant by that, Trump responded, “It means we’re in charge.”

Earlier, Trump threatened Venezuela with more air strikes if Rodriguez doesn’t comply.

Trump said he had not spoken with Rodriguez “but other people have” and that “she’s cooperating” with his demands.

He told The Atlantic that “if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”

“I am innocent, I am not guilty.”

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Maduro, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, 69, appeared in a New York courtroom to face drug trafficking charges on Monday afternoon.

“I am innocent, I am not guilty,” Maduro said.

After listening to a federal judge read him his rights in court, Maduro seemed surprised that he had the right to an attorney and even the right to post bail.

His regime didn’t offer those rights to citizens in Venezuela.

Maduro also faces charges of narco-terrorism, cocaine import conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.

He faces life in federal prison if convicted.

Trump also threatened strikes on other countries, including Colombia, Mexico, Greenland, Iran and Cuba.

“American dominance in the Western hemisphere will never be questioned again,” he said.

After Trump was sworn into office, the U.S. began a campaign of air strikes on “drug boats” ferrying massive amounts of cocaine and fentanyl to the U.S.

The capture of Maduros and his wife is part of that anti-drug campaign.

Trump has warned Colombian president Gustavo Petro that he could be next if he doesn’t stop the flow of illegal drugs to the U.S.

“Colombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he’s not going to be doing it very long,” the president told reporters on Air Force One.

The shocking arrest of Maduros happened overnight Saturday while most Americans were asleep.

An attack on Colombia could also be carried out in the dead of night.

According to reports, Trump ordered the invasion of Venezuela after Maduro mocked him in a video (below).