President Trump met with oil executives at the White House to push a proposal for U.S. companies to invest at least $100 million in refurbishing Venezuela’s oil industry, with executives saying they could begin work within weeks if a deal is reached.

Following the operation, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. would "run" Venezuela for an unspecified "period of time." Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has been sworn in as interim leader to lead the country after what the Venezuelan Supreme Court described as Maduro's "kidnapping.