Trump Wanted to Replicate His Venezuela “Success” in Iran. What Has It Even Looked Like?

Trump Wanted to Replicate His Venezuela “Success” in Iran. What Has It Even Looked Like?

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks alongside Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, after their meeting at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas on March 4, 2026. Photo: Federico Parra / AFP via Getty Images “What we did in Venezuela, I think, is the perfect, the perfect scenario,” U.S. President Donald Trump told the New York Times in a March 1 interview about his plans for war on Iran. Things have not gone as Trump hoped, to put it…

Trump Won't Be Able to Recreate His Venezuela "Success" In Iran

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks alongside Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, after their meeting at the Miraflores…