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Denmark called on the United States to stop “threatening” Greenland Sunday as President Donald Trump told US media he “absolutely” needed the territory, a day after Washington seized the leader of Venezuela.Washington’s military intervention in Venezuela has reignited fears for Greenland, which Trump has repeatedly made clear he wants to become an annexed part of the United States.Those fears were underscored by Trump’s comments to The Atlantic magazine and a social media post by the wife of his most influential aide showing Greenland in the colours of the US flag.”I have to say this very clearly to the United States: it is absolutely absurd to say that the United States should take control of Greenland,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement late Sunday.She called on Washington to stop “threatening its historical ally”.The United States’s European allies were rattled by Trump sending in his military on Saturday to attack Caracas and grab Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, who is now being held in New York.Trump has said the United States will now “run” Venezuela indefinitely and tap its huge oil reserves.In Greenland’s case, Trump has claimed that making the Danish territory part of the United States would serve US national security interests, given its strategic location on the Arctic. Greenland is also rich in key critical minerals used in high-tech sectors.Asked in a telephone interview with The Atlantic about the implications of the Venezuela military operation for Greenland, Trump said that it was up to others to decide, according to the magazine Sunday.”They are going to have to view it themselves. I really don’t know,” Trump was quoted as saying. He added: “But we do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense.”Late Saturday, Katie Miller — wife of Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller — posted the contentious image of the Danish autonomous territory in the colours of the US flag on her X feed.Her post had a single word above it: “SOON”. Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen called the post “disrespectful”.”Relations between nations and peoples are built on mutual respect and international law — not on symbolic gestures that disregard our status and our rights,” he stated on X.But he also said that “there is neither reason for panic nor for concern. Our country is not for sale, and our future is not decided by social media posts”.- Allies? -Denmark’s ambassador to the US, Jesper Moeller Soerensen, reacted earlier on Sunday with his own post saying “we expect full respect for the territorial integrity” of Denmark, above a link to Katie Miller’s image.Moves edging towards that goal by his government — including his appointment of an envoy to the Danish territory — have drawn the ire of both Copenhagen and the European Union.Stephen Miller is widely seen as the architect of much of Trump’s policies, guiding the president on his hardline immigration policies and domestic agenda.Denmark’s ambassador gave a pointed “friendly reminder” in response to Katie Miller’s post that his country — a NATO member — has “significantly boosted its Arctic security efforts” and worked together with the US on that.”We are close allies and should continue to work together as such,” Soerensen wrote.Katie Miller was deputy press secretary under Trump at the Department of Homeland Security during his first term.She later worked as communications director for then vice president Mike Pence and also acted as his press secretary.

Colombian left-wing guerrillas operating on the border with Venezuela vowed Sunday to resist Washington’s “imperial plans” following the US ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.The powerful National Liberation Army (ELN), which controls cocaine trafficking routes along Colombia’s border with Venezuela, called on “all patriots” to “confront the imperial plans against Venezuela and the peoples of the Global South.” Security experts say the ELN also has rear bases within Venezuela that were tolerated by Maduro.Dissident members of the defunct FARC rebel army, who vie with the ELN for control of drug-producing regions near Venezuela, also vowed resistance to Trump.Writing on X, they said they were prepared to spend their “last drop of blood fighting the US empire.”Saturday’s attack on Venezuela to snatch Maduro and whisk him to New York to face drugs and weapons charges has created fears in Colombia that it could be a future target for US strikes.Trump on Saturday warned that his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro — with whom he has sparred in recent months — should “watch his ass.””He’s making cocaine and they’re sending it into the United States, so he does have to watch his ass,” Trump told reporters.Petro described Washington’s attack on Venezuela as an “assault on the sovereignty” of Latin America.He sent troop reinforcements to the Venezuelan border.Colombia also activated an alert for possible attacks by armed groups operating on either side of the border.

America’s military assault of Caracas to grab Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro unsettled many US allies, but also impressed some who are supportive of Donald Trump.Trump said that the United States would “run” Venezuela and tap its huge oil reserves. Maduro and his wife were flown to New York City, where they face drug-trafficking and weapons charges.Countries such as China, Russia, and Iran, which have longstanding ties with Maduro’s government, were quick to condemn the operation. But the alarm was also shared by US allies including the EU. However Italy and Israel, whose leaders strongly back Trump, were more supportive.Here are the main reactions:- China -China called for Maduro to be “immediately released” in a condemnation of the US operation, which the foreign ministry said was a “clear violation of international law, basic norms in international relations, and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter”.- Russia -Russia demanded the US leadership “reconsider its position and release the legally elected president of the sovereign country and his wife”.- North Korea -North Korea’s foreign ministry denounced the United States’ capture of Maduro as a “serious encroachment of sovereignty”.- Iran -Iran, which Trump bombed last year, said it “strongly condemns the US military attack on Venezuela and a flagrant violation of the country’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity”.- Mexico -Mexico, which Trump has also threatened with military force over drug trafficking, strongly condemned the US military action in Venezuela, saying it “seriously jeopardises regional stability”. – Colombia -Colombian President Gustavo Petro — whose country neighbours Venezuela — called the US action an “assault on the sovereignty” of Latin America which would lead to a humanitarian crisis.- Cuba -Cuba, a strong ally of Venezuela, denounced “state terrorism against the brave Venezuelan people”.- France -France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the US operation undermined international law, and no solution to Venezuela’s crisis can be imposed externally.But President Emmanuel Macron later said Venezuelans “can only rejoice” at Maduro’s overthrow.- Spain -Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the intervention “violates international law and pushes the region toward a horizon of uncertainty and militarism”.- EU -EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called for “restraint” and respect for international law in Venezuela while emphasising Maduro “lacks legitimacy”.On Sunday the EU issued a statement signed by all member states save Hungary stating that respecting the will of the Venezuelan people was the only way to restore democracy.- Britain -Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK will discuss the “evolving situation” in Venezuela with the US while stating Britain will “shed no tears” about the demise of Maduro’s “regime”.- Italy -In a rare expression of support for the US operation by a major European country, far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni — a Trump ally — argued the US military action in Venezuela was “legitimate” and “defensive”.On Sunday Meloni said she had spoken to Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado about a transition of power, with the two agreeing that Maduro’s removal opens a “new chapter” for the country.Trump has dismissed Machado as a potential successor to Maduro.- Israel -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel supported the United States’ “strong action” in Venezuela to “restore freedom and justice to that region of the world”.- Ukraine -Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga focused on Maduro’s lack of legitimacy and the Venezuelan government’s repression, while backing “democracy, human rights, and the interests of Venezuelans”.- South Africa -South Africa, which Trump accuses of alleged discrimination — and even “genocide” — of minority white Afrikaners, said: “Unlawful, unilateral force of this nature undermines the stability of the international order and the principle of equality among nations.”- UN -UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “deeply alarmed” by the US strikes, with his spokesman quoting him as saying it could “constitute a dangerous precedent”.- Pope -Pope Leo XIV said the “welfare of the beloved Venezuelan people must prevail over all other considerations”.burs-st/cc

President Donald Trump threatened Sunday that Venezuela’s new leader will pay a “big price” if she does not cooperate with the United States, after US forces seized and jailed her former boss Nicolas Maduro.If interim president Delcy Rodriguez “doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” Trump told The Atlantic in a telephone interview.US forces attacked Caracas in the early hours of Saturday, bombing military targets and spiriting away Maduro and his wife to face federal narcotrafficking charges in New York. The deposed leader is due to appear in a Manhattan court on Monday.The Trump administration says it is willing to work with the remainder of Maduro’s government as long as Washington’s goals, particularly opening access to US investment in Venezuela’s enormous crude oil reserves, are met.The streets of Caracas were calm in the wake of the stunning raid, in which US commandos swooped into Caracas on helicopters, backed by attack jets and naval forces, to capture Maduro.Residents queued up to buy food in grocery stores, and the masked and heavily armed police visible the previous day were gone, AFP correspondents said.The Venezuelan military announced it recognized Rodriguez — previously Maduro’s vice president — as acting president, and urged people to resume normal life.- Who will run Venezuela? -Despite the success of the initial US operation, questions mounted over Trump’s strategy.The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, told ABC News that Americans were left “scratching their heads in wonderment and in fear.”Trump said Saturday that the United States will “run” Venezuela.And he told The Atlantic that “rebuilding there and regime change — anything you want to call it — is better than what you have right now.”But Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed Sunday that Washington is not seeking complete regime change in the South American country of about 30 million people, or elections to restore democracy there.Rather than seek to topple the entire Maduro government, “we’re going to make an assessment on the basis of what they do,” he told CBS News.The United States is fighting drug traffickers, “not a war against Venezuela,” Rubio told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”However, he said a large US naval presence would remain in the Caribbean to enforce a blockade of Venezuelan oil exports for “tremendous leverage.”Trump has made clear that Washington intends to call the shots in Venezuela, with a focus on securing access to the world’s largest proven oil reserves.”We’re going to run the country” until a transition can be made, he said Saturday, also insisting that military “boots on the ground” remained a possibility.In her first remarks since the US attack, Rodriguez struck a defiant note, saying Maduro was the country’s sole legitimate leader and that “we’re ready to defend our natural resources.”- ‘Good night’ -The deposed Venezuelan leader was in a New York detention center ahead of his court hearing.Handcuffed and in sandals, Maduro was escorted by federal agents through a Manhattan US Drug Enforcement Administration facility late Saturday, a video posted by the White House on social media showed.”Good night, happy new year,” the 63-year-old leftist was heard saying in English.Earlier, he was photographed aboard a US naval ship blindfolded and handcuffed, with noise-canceling ear protectors.Maduro, a self-described socialist, led Venezuela with an iron fist for more than a decade through a series of elections widely considered rigged. He came to power after the death of his charismatic mentor, Hugo Chavez.As news of Maduro’s capture rippled out, exiled Venezuelans waved flags and celebrated in plazas from Madrid to Santiago. About eight million Venezuelans have fled the grinding poverty and political suppression of their homeland.Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Spain in a joint statement expressed their “rejection” of the US operation and “concern about any attempt at governmental control or administration or outside appropriation of natural or strategic resources.”The UN Security Council was to meet Monday on the crisis.burs-sms/mlm

Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez is known for her anti-imperialist rhetoric, earning her the nickname “the tigress” from toppled leader Nicolas Maduro.A fierce defender of Maduro, who was snatched by US forces in an extraordinary raid early Saturday, Rodriguez is now seeking to portray herself as a steady hand to lead the country’s political transition.A lawyer by training, 56-year-old Rodriguez has served in successive governments of Maduro and his firebrand predecessor Hugo Chavez, including as foreign minister.Maduro’s vice president since 2018, she also assumed the role of minister of hydrocarbons in 2024 — a key post in a country whose economy depends on oil exports.Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, and US President Donald Trump has made clear that regaining access to that wealth is a key goal of his pressure campaign.”She has probably been one of Maduro’s most trusted people over the years,” political analyst Pedro Benitez of the Central University of Venezuela told AFP.Hours after Maduro’s capture, Rodriguez insisted he remained the “only president” of Venezuela, demanded his release, and said the government in Caracas stood ready “to defend” the country.Venezuela’s Supreme Court subsequently ordered her to assume presidential powers “in an acting capacity” — the first woman to hold the top post in the country, even temporarily.On Sunday, the military — which had repeatedly vowed loyalty to Maduro — recognized her as the country’s interim leader.- Driven by ‘revenge’ -Rodriguez wears pink, beige and green rather than the bright red colors traditionally donned by members of the Chavista movement — named after Chavez and led by the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).Her brother is Jorge Rodriguez, the head of Venezuela’s parliament, and their father was a Marxist activist who died in custody in 1976 under a then-center left government.The siblings “have been involved in every internal maneuver in which Maduro has pushed out any power centers that cast a shadow over him,” said Benitez.Another political scientist, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, said it would take a lot for Rodriguez to recast herself as a moderate politician given her history.”The emotional fuel that got them (Rodriguez and her brother) where they are has to do with revenge,” he said, particularly for their father’s death.Rodriguez served as a lawmaker for many years before being taken up in successive Chavista governments, helped by her brother, a PSUV insider.”She didn’t have a political base of her own,” said Benitez.But she soon proved herself as a full-blooded Chavista, and became a Maduro confidante.From 2020 to 2024, while serving as both vice president and economy minister, Rodriguez cooled her incendiary rhetoric to make inroads with Venezuela’s business community, long demonized by socialist leaders.She eased trade controls in the de facto dollarized economy, providing a breather for business leaders who still view her as a savvy economic manager.Detractors call her cynical.- ‘The one who remains’ -Trump said Saturday that Rodriguez had expressed a willingness to work with Washington, while pouring cold water on the take-over prospects of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.Nobel Peace Prize laureate Machado, Trump said, did not have sufficient “support or respect” in Venezuela.On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would consider working with Venezuela’s remaining Chavista leaders if they make “the right decision.””We’re going to make an assessment on the basis of what they do, not what they say publicly in the interim,” he told CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”Trump meanwhile warned Rodriguez could face a fate worse than Maduro if she failed to heed US demands on policy reforms and oil access.”If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” Trump told The Atlantic.Rodriguez is under US and European sanctions for allegedly undermining democracy and contributing to human rights violations.Political scientist Benigno Alarcon told AFP that even though Rodriguez still needs to be sworn in formally, she “already is” the de facto president.”That’s the reality of the matter… she’s the one who remains” in charge. For now. 

Greenland and Denmark on Sunday expressed their distaste after the wife of President Donald Trump’s most influential aide posted a social media picture of Greenland painted in the colours of the US flag.Katie Miller — wife of Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller — put the contentiously altered image of the Danish autonomous territory on her X feed late Saturday, after the US military operation against Venezuela. Her post had a single word above it: “SOON”. Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen called the post “disrespectful”.”Relations between nations and peoples are built on mutual respect and international law — not on symbolic gestures that disregard our status and our rights,” he stated on X.But he also said that “there is neither reason for panic nor for concern. Our country is not for sale, and our future is not decided by social media posts”.Denmark’s ambassador to the US, Jesper Moeller Soerensen, reacted earlier on Sunday with his own post saying “we expect full respect for the territorial integrity” of Denmark, above a link to Katie Miller’s image.Trump has repeatedly made clear that he wants Greenland to become an annexed part of the United States.Moves edging towards that goal by his government — including his appointment of an envoy to the Danish territory — have drawn the ire of both Copenhagen and the European Union.- ‘Friendly reminder’ -Stephen Miller is widely seen as the architect of much of Trump’s policies, guiding the president on his hardline immigration policies and domestic agenda.The United States’s European allies were rattled by Trump sending in his military on Saturday to attack Caracas and grab Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, who is now being held by US authorities in New York.Trump has said the United States will now “run” Venezuela indefinitely and tap its huge oil reserves.In Greenland’s case, Trump has claimed that making the Danish territory part of the United States would serve US national security interests, given its strategic location on the Arctic. Greenland is also rich in key critical minerals used in high-tech sectors.Asked in a telephone interview with The Atlantic about the implications of the Venezuela military operation for Greenland, Trump said that it was up to others to decide, according to the magazine.”They are going to have to view it themselves. I really don’t know,” Trump was quoted as saying. He added: “But we do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense.”Denmark’s ambassador gave a pointed “friendly reminder” in response to Katie Miller’s post that his country — a NATO member — has “significantly boosted its Arctic security efforts” and worked together with the US on that.”We are close allies and should continue to work together as such,” Soerensen wrote.Katie Miller was deputy press secretary under Trump at the Department of Homeland Security during his first term.She later worked as communications director for then vice president Mike Pence and also acted as his press secretary.

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” has surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, as it kept the top spot in North American theaters with another $40 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday.  The third installment in director James Cameron’s blockbuster series has now earned $306 million in the United States and Canada, and another $777 million abroad, putting the total at $1.08 billion, Exhibitor Relations reported. “Fire and Ash” stars Zoe Saldana as Na’vi warrior Neytiri and Sam Worthington as ex-Marine Jake Sully, who must battle a new foe threatening their family’s life on the planet Pandora.It is the fourth Cameron film to pass the $1 billion mark, with the first two “Avatar” films and “Titanic.”In second place in North America was “Zootopia 2,” Disney’s feel-good animated film and an Oscar contender, at $19 million. Its global total now stands at nearly $1.6 billion.Coming in third at $14.9 million was Lionsgate’s “The Housemaid,” a film version of Freida McFadden’s best-selling novel about a young woman (Sydney Sweeney) who is hired by a wealthy couple (Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar) with dark secrets.”Marty Supreme,” A24’s period sports drama starring Timothee Chalamet, finished in fourth place with $12.6 million.”Anaconda,” the new meta comedy action flick starring Paul Rudd and Jack Black as friends trying to reboot the original 1997 horror film, finished in fifth place with $10 million.Rounding out the top 10 are:”The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants” ($8.2 million)”David” ($8 million)”Song Sung Blue” ($5.8 million)”Wicked: For Good” ($3.3 million)”Five Nights at Freddy’s 2″ ($2.7 million)

A top US official on Sunday said the Trump administration will work with the existing Venezuelan leadership, after a stunning military operation snatched president Nicolas Maduro and brought him to face trial in New York.Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments indicated that Washington is not seeking complete regime change and sought to clarify President Donald Trump’s earlier statement that the United States will “run” the Latin American country of about 30 million people.Rubio told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the US was fighting drug traffickers, “not a war against Venezuela.”The streets of Caracas were calm in the wake of Saturday’s raid, in which US commandos swooped into Caracas on helicopters, backed by attack jets and naval forces, to seize Maduro and his wife.Residents queued up to buy food in grocery stores and the masked, heavily armed police visible the previous day were gone, AFP correspondents said.The Venezuelan military announced it recognized Maduro’s vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, as acting president, and urged people to resume normal life.Despite the success of the initial US operation, questions mounted over Trump’s strategy.The US president on Saturday indicated deep, long-lasting US involvement centered on securing access to the world’s largest proven oil reserves.”We’re going to run the country” until a transition can be made, he said, also insisting that military “boots on the ground” remained a possibility.Rubio did multiple television interviews Sunday morning to make clear that Washington is not looking for upheaval.He said Washington is ready to work with Rodriguez and the rest of Maduro’s cabinet — as long as they adhere to US demands.”We’re going to make an assessment on the basis of what they do, not what they say publicly in the interim,” he told CBS News.Underlining the lack of focus on democracy or desire to help long-backed opposition candidates to get power, Rubio told NBC it was “premature” to talk of new elections for Venezuela.While Trump had threatened “a second wave” of military action if needed, Rubio said US pressure would remain on Venezuela in the form of an oil export embargo enforced by Navy ships in the Caribbean.”That allows us to exert tremendous leverage over what happens next,” he said on CBS.The Democratic leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, told ABC News that Americans were left “scratching their heads in wonderment and in fear.”- ‘Good night’ -The deposed Venezuelan leader was in a detention center ahead of an expected Manhattan court hearing on narcotrafficking charges Monday.Handcuffed and in sandals, Maduro was escorted by federal agents through a Manhattan US Drug Enforcement Administration facility late Saturday, a video posted by the White House on social media showed.”Good night, happy new year,” the 63-year-old leftist was heard saying in English.Earlier, he was photographed on board a US naval ship blindfolded and handcuffed, with noise-canceling ear protectors.Maduro, a self-described socialist, led Venezuela with an iron fist for more than a decade through a series of elections widely considered rigged. He came to power after the death of his charismatic mentor, Hugo Chavez.As news of his seizure rippled out, exiled Venezuelans waved flags and celebrated in plazas from Madrid to Santiago. About eight million Venezuelans have fled the grinding poverty and political suppression of their homeland. There was muted joy too in Caracas. – Massive crude reserves  -The Trump administration faces accusations of acting illegally in a pressure campaign that began with blowing up small boats accused of transporting drugs near Venezuela and climaxed with Saturday’s toppling of Maduro.The Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, said the raid was an act of war which should have been authorized by Congress.Trump has cast the attack on Venezuela as essentially a police operation against an alleged narcotrafficking ringleader.However, he has made clear that the broader goal is to secure access to Venezuela’s enormous oil reserves and to keep US rivals out of the region.Trump vowed massive US investments in the oil industry which has collapsed under years of international sanctions and lack of investment.Venezuela does “not have the capability to bring up that industry again. They need investment from private companies who are only going to invest under certain guarantees and conditions,” Rubio told CBS.”We’re pretty certain that there will be dramatic interest from Western companies. Non-Russian, non-Chinese companies will be very interested,” Rubio said.burs-sms/des

Around a thousand people gathered outside the US embassy in Madrid on Sunday to blast “imperialist aggression” after US special forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a military operation.The demonstrators held up numerous banners, including one showing US President Donald Trump greedily swallowing a can of oil in the colours of the Venezuelan flag.Another proclaimed “Trump aggressor”, while one banner read “No to imperialist aggression against Venezuela”.Several protesters carried flags of the far-left Podemos party, or Spain’s communists, while others held aloft Venezuelan colours.Following his dramatic abduction, Maduro now finds himself in a New York jail awaiting a court appearance on drug-trafficking and weapons charges.Trump has meanwhile vowed that the United States will “run” Venezuela for a transitional period and tap its vast oil resources.Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose country gave shelter to Venezuela’s opposition candidate in the 2024 presidential election, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, on Saturday slammed what he termed “an intervention which violates international law” which could threaten regional stability.Sanchez called for a transitional period which would be “just and with dialogue”.The Venezuelan opposition maintains that Urrutia defeated Maduro in the 2024 poll.Sanchez, whose government relies on the backing of far-left coalition partner Sumar, on Sunday doubled down on his criticism of the US operation in a letter to Socialist Party members, where he criticised “the recent violation of international law in Venezuela, an act that we condemn in the strongest terms”.Several hundred people also demonstrated in Amsterdam outside the US consulate on Sunday, holding up placards with slogans such as “Yankee go home”, “Stop killing for oil” or “Stop Trumps Fossil Army”, according to the ANP news agency.

Denmark on Sunday made its displeasure known after the wife of President Donald Trump’s most influential aide posted a social media picture of Greenland painted in the colours of the US flag.Katie Miller — wife of Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller — put the contentiously altered image of the Danish autonomous territory on her X feed late Saturday, after the US military operation against Venezuela. Her post had a single word above it: “SOON”. Denmark’s ambassador to the US, Jesper Moeller Soerensen, reacted on Sunday with his own post saying “we expect full respect for the territorial integrity” of Denmark, above a link to Katie Miller’s image.Trump has repeatedly made clear that he wants Greenland to become an annexed part of the United States. Moves edging towards that goal by his government — including his appointment of an envoy to the Danish territory — have drawn the ire of both Copenhagen and the European Union.Stephen Miller is widely seen as the architect of much of Trump’s policies, guiding the president on his hardline immigration policies and domestic agenda.America’s European allies were rattled by Trump sending in his military on Saturday to attack Caracas and grab Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, who is now being held by US authorities in New York.Trump has said the United States will now “run” Venezuela indefinitely and tap its huge oil reserves.In Greenland’s case, Trump has claimed that making the Danish territory part of the United States would serve US national security interests, given its strategic location on the Arctic. Greenland is also rich in key critical minerals used in high-tech sectors.Denmark’s ambassador gave a pointed “friendly reminder” in response to Katie Miller’s post that his country — a NATO member — has “significantly boosted its Arctic security efforts” and worked together with the US on that.”We are close allies and should continue to work together as such,” Soerensen wrote.Katie Miller was deputy press secretary under Trump at the Department of Homeland Security during his first term.She later worked as communications director for then vice president Mike Pence and also acted as his press secretary.