He said his own judgment is the only limit to his global power. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mr Trump also appeared to lift a threat to take military action against Colombia. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that he expected the United States would be running Venezuela and extracting oil from its huge reserves for years, and insisted that the interim government of the country — all former loyalists to the now-imprisoned Nicolas Maduro — is “giving us everything that we feel is necessary.”

“Only time will tell,” President Donald Trump said, when asked how long the administration will demand direct oversight of the South American nation.

Jan 8 - U.S. President Donald Trump said that \"only time will tell\" how long the United States will maintain oversight of Venezuela in an interview published by the New York Times early on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Jan 8 - U.S. President Donald Trump said that \"only time will tell\" how long the United States will maintain oversight of Venezuela in an interview published by the New York Times early on Thursday.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 - President Donald Trump said the U.S. will maintain oversight of Venezuela \"much longer\" than a year and his own judgment is the only limit to his global power, according to a New York Times interview published on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

US President Donald Trump said that Taiwan did not pose the same type of threat as Venezuela. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The announcement on Tuesday came after officials in Caracas announced that at least 24 Venezuelan security officers were killed in the dead-of-night US military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face drug charges