Trump’s Venezuela gamble exposes new risks for Korea’s security, energy

Before dawn on Saturday, Caracas went dark. By sunrise, Nicolas Maduro was no longer Venezuela’s sitting president, but a detainee en route to New York, seized by US Delta Force in what Washington insists was a law enforcement operation. The image was blunt and the message blunter. In a world that once prized restraint, force has returned as a primary language of statecraft.

US President Donald Trump framed the operation as both a necessity and a warning, pledging that the US would β€œrun” Venezuela until a proper transition could be arranged.

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