Overview
- U.S. forces carried out a Caracas raid that captured Nicolás Maduro, with Venezuela’s leadership recalibrated under acting president Delcy Rodríguez.
- Trump has said he is not bound by international law, and senior aides Stephen Miller and Marco Rubio have cast U.S. strategy as a force-first approach over rules.
- European reaction has been uneven and subdued, with EU statements watered down, national leaders split, and NATO chief Mark Rutte publicly silent on Greenland.
- Denmark has secured expressions of solidarity from key EU partners over Greenland, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is due to meet Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen this week.
- Analysts link Washington’s moves to control of oil and Arctic minerals and warn the precedent could embolden Russia or China, as far‑right parties worldwide split over whether to back Trump.