Watch: Is Venezuela the new Iraq war?
| Updated: 05 Jan 2026
On Saturday 3 January 2026, Donald Trump oversaw US military action which saw Venezuela's president President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores captured and jailed in America.
Some have called this a kidnapping, and others have likened the invasion to the 2003 invasion of Iraq under President George W Bush. With Trump appearing more like an "emperor" than ever before, is that comparison justified?
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