Nicolas Maduro in New York; Caracas attacked; Trump to tap Venezuela oil fields

Top Democrats accused Donald Trump on Sunday of overstepping the mark and acting outside his authority by ordering strikes on military targets in Caracas and capturing the Venezuelan president.

“Maduro is a horrible, horrible person, but you don’t treat lawlessness with other lawlessness, and that’s what’s happened here,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the ABC’s This Week.

“We have learned through the years when America tries to do regime change and nation-building in this way, the American people pay the price in both blood and in dollars,” he said.

Kamala Harris condemned the Trump administration’s strike, calling the operation “unlawful and unwise”.

Harris wrote on X that while Maduro is a “brutal” and “illegitimate” dictator, Trump’s actions in Venezuela “do not make America safer, stronger, or more affordable.”