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'Jimmy Carter disaster': Here are 5 major takeaways from Trump’s 2-hour NY Times interview

President Trump confirmed a long-term U.S. presence to control Venezuelan oil, aiming to lower global prices and support an interim government amid regional tensions.

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Although U.S. President Donald Trump rails against the New York Times relentlessly and often attacks their reporting as "fake news," he granted several Times reporters for "nearly two-hours" an early January interview — which came at a time of considerable turmoil both at home and aboard. And the reporters covered a lot of ground, focusing heavily on foreign policy and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces on January …

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In an extensive conversation with four Times journalists, President Trump spoke about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis, immigration, Venezuela, and even his plans for further renovations in the White House.

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MILENIO The U.S. could maintain control of Venezuela and its oil for years, said Donald Trump in an interview published Thursday by the New York Times, in which the president celebrated the “very good tune” with the interim government in Caracas. U.S. forces launched on January 3 an attack in Venezuela to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, who was taken along with his wife Cilia Flores to New York, on charges of drug trafficking. “Only time wil…

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Washington, January 7, 2026 – Total News Agency-TNA- U.S. President Donald Trump assured that his administration could exercise political and economic control over Venezuela for a “much longer” term to a year, while acknowledging that, prior to the capture of Nicolás Maduro, his biggest concern was that the military operation would result in a failure comparable to the failed attempt to rescue hostages in Iran during the Jimmy Carter administrat…

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Alternet broke the news in Washington, United States on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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