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The View<\/a> co-host Ana Navarro<\/a> sent a bold message to President Donald Trump<\/a> after the U.S. took over Venezuela following the capture its leader, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n On Saturday, January 3, the Trump administration bombed facilities in Venezuela, captured Maduro and his wife, and flew them to the U.S. to face charges. \u201cWe\u2019re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition\u201d to new leadership, Trump said at a news conference, per NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n After the news broke, Navarro \u2014 who was born in Nicaragua \u2014 took to Instagram<\/a> (before Trump\u2019s news conference) to share her support while acknowledging critics\u2019 concerns.<\/p>\n \u201cToday, for me, is a good day because Maduro is out,\u201d she shared in a video to followers. \u201cHe is a son of a b****. I hope this sends a message to the other sons of b****es in the region. You may disagree with the way that Trump did it, but it\u2019s done. There\u2019s no way it was going to end any other way.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Navarro also pointed out, \u201cYeah, he did it without congressional authorization. This was an act of war, all of these things, but it\u2019s now done. I think it doesn\u2019t escalate from here because the objective of this was to get Maduro out, and certainly there\u2019s an oil component. Certainly, there\u2019s a lot of Trump ego in this about being able to do it. But it\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n She added, \u201cI, for one, am very happy that Maduro is out, and I pray and hope for the freedom and peace of Venezuela. Join me in that, please.\u201d<\/p>\n Later on Saturday, Navarro returned to Instagram<\/a> to call out Trump for his shifting motives.<\/p>\n \u201cAll of a sudden, he\u2019s changed his tune,\u201d she said in the video. \u201cInstead of making it about drugs, he made it all about oil. He talked about sending U.S. companies in to fix the infrastructure and run the oil industry, and pay themselves back, and then sell oil to foreign nations. He talked about running Venezuela, that he was gonna have Pete Hegseth<\/a> and Marco Rubio run Venezuela. Why?\u201d<\/p>\n Additionally, she pointed out that Mar\u00eda Corina Machado legitimately won over Maduro in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n \u201cDo you know the stones it takes, the balls and courage it takes, for an oppressed people to go out on the streets and vote against the dictator?\u201d Navarro told followers. \u201cWell, the Venezuelan people did that in July 2024. There is a legitimate government of Venezuela that needs to be put in power as soon as possible. Because I don\u2019t think that my Venezuelan brothers and sisters want to be a U.S. protectorate. I think they want to be, and deserve to be, a free country.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is insane,\u201d she insisted. \u201cWe have to reject any effort by Donald Trump to run Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n The View, Weekdays, 11 a.m. ET, ABC<\/strong><\/p>\n \t\t\t\n<\/blockquote>\n
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