{"id":38642,"date":"2026-01-05T07:51:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/?p=38642"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:51:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:21:46","slug":"hegset-from-now-on-the-u-s-will-decide-what-happens-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/38642\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegset: From Now On, the U.S. Will Decide What Happens in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset told CBS in an interview, \u201cFrom now on, the United States will decide what happens in Venezuela.\u201d He later clarified, however, that \u201cwhat happens next is in the hands of the Venezuelan people.\u201d<\/strong><br><br>In response to a question about the possibility of sending troops to Venezuela, Hegset said the United States remains \u201con standby\u201d so that President Donald Trump has \u201coptions\u201d at his disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that this operation differs from America\u2019s experience in Iraq, which came with a \u201cheavy financial and human cost,\u201d because \u201cTrump is changing the rules of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hegset further stated that Trump believes a \u201cstrategic action\u201d can ensure U.S. access to \u201cgreater wealth and resources\u201d while giving a country \u201cfreedom\u201d without costing American lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late Friday night (January 1), the United States launched strikes on targets in Venezuela, detaining President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and transferring him to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rapid development has sparked widespread reactions and speculation about the country\u2019s political and security future. Some analysts believe any subsequent actions, whether political or security-related, could have consequences beyond Venezuela\u2019s borders, affecting regional and global dynamics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset told CBS in an interview, \u201cFrom now on, the United States will decide what happens in Venezuela.\u201d He later clarified, however, that \u201cwhat happens next is in the hands of the Venezuelan people.\u201d In response to a question about the possibility of sending troops to Venezuela, Hegset said the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":38643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[7219,2335,5719,5706,5967,7215,7213,7218,7208,7226,7225,7222,7224,7204,7214,7154,7191,7210,5735,7205,7220,7206,7217,7165,6116,7216,7211,7212,7221,6643,7103,7209,7207,7223,5832,2321,5733],"class_list":["post-38642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-cbs-interview","tag-deeyar","tag-deeyar-television","tag-deeyar-tv","tag-donald-trump","tag-financial-cost","tag-freedom","tag-geopolitical-impact","tag-global-security","tag-hegset","tag-hegseth","tag-human-cost","tag-international-consequences","tag-international-reactions","tag-iraq-comparison","tag-latin-america","tag-maduro-arrest","tag-military-strike","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-pete-hegset","tag-political-developments","tag-political-speculation","tag-rapid-operation","tag-regime-change","tag-regional-stability","tag-resource-access","tag-security-implications","tag-strategic-action","tag-troop-deployment","tag-u-s-foreign-policy","tag-u-s-intervention","tag-u-s-military-options","tag-u-s-secretary-of-defense","tag-u-s-venezuela-relations","tag-united-states","tag-usa","tag-venezuela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38644,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38642\/revisions\/38644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}