Trump on Venezuela: 'We are going to run the country'

President Donald Trump announced that the US will run Venezuela until a 'proper transition can take place.'

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The United States launched strikes against the country and captured Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife on 3 January.

Trump said Maduro and his wife were captured from a fortress-like house and will be taken to New York; the president said there were "a few injuries but no deaths on our side".