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Opinion: To Trump, on Venezuela: You break it, you own it

What are the leaders of other key nations — China, Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan — thinking now?

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Palm Beach, Fla., on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. He is joined by, from left: Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff; Secretary of State Marco Rubio; and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “It is far too early to have clear answers as to what will happen next in Venezuela in the wake of the Trump administration’s removal of President Nicolás Maduro to stand trial in the United States,” Thomas L. Friedman writes. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)