Overview
- Trump said a planned second attack on Venezuela is on hold for now due to prisoner releases and what he called good cooperation, while keeping U.S. warships in the region for security.
- Venezuelan parliamentary leader Jorge Rodríguez announced the release of numerous detainees, including activist Rocío San Miguel and former presidential candidate Enrique Márquez.
- Trump met with U.S. oil executives and said companies will invest at least $100 billion to rebuild Venezuela’s energy infrastructure and secure long‑term access to its vast reserves.
- He intensified threats to take control of Greenland, warning the U.S. would act “the easy way or the hard way” and not ruling out force, as Denmark warned such a move would spell the end of NATO.
- The Senate advanced a measure requiring congressional approval for further troop deployments to Venezuela, even as Trump declared only his own morality limits him and threatened action against Mexican cartels.