”As President Trump stated, we are preparing to facilitate a reopening if the President decides to proceed,” the official informed Reuters.
Trump mentioned on Sunday that the U.S. was considering the possibility of reopening the embassy in Caracas.
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Bloomberg first reported that the Trump administration is initiating preliminary steps to enable the reopening of the American embassy in Venezuela.
The United States detained Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a raid early Saturday and transported him to New York to address drug-trafficking allegations.
Trump has claimed that the U.S. will oversee Venezuela until a ”safe, proper, and judicious transition” occurs, expressing a clear interest in the country’s oil resources.
However, it remains uncertain how the U.S. plans to manage the nation. The U.S. president’s declaration on Saturday to “run” post-Maduro Venezuela seems, for now, more like an aspiration to exert external control—or at least significant influence—over the OPEC member without deploying American ground forces, which would face considerable resistance domestically.
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On Sunday, Trump indicated that further military intervention could be an option. “If they don’t behave, we will do a second strike,” he stated.
According to Trump, American oil companies will return to Venezuela to restore the sector’s infrastructure, as he told reporters aboard Air Force One Sunday.
In 2019, the U.S. withdrew all diplomatic personnel from Venezuela, citing the country’s deteriorating situation following months of political unrest.
(Edited by : navneet singh)
First Published: Jan 5, 2026 11:31 PM IST
