State Department warns US citizens to leave Venezuela

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a statement about the operation and said he was briefed about it, as well as the plans to imprison Maduro in the city.

"Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law," he said in a statement.

“This blatant pursuit of regime change doesn’t just affect those abroad, it directly impacts New Yorkers, including tens of thousands of Venezuelans who call this city home. My focus is their safety and the safety of every New Yorker, and my administration will continue to monitor the situation and issue relevant guidance," he added.

Trump was asked about the possibility that the U.S. "ends up administering Venezuela for years."

"Well, you know, it won't cost us anything, because the money coming out of the ground is very substantial," the president said.

"We're going to get reimbursed for everything that we spend. So it's going to be, it's going to be a very important," he added.

Trump said that American oil companies are going to restart operations in Venezuela.

"As everyone knows, the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust, for a long period of time. They were pumping almost nothing, by comparison to what they could have been pumping and what could have taken place," Trump said.

"We're going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country," Trump added.

When asked by a reporter how long the U.S. plans on staying in Venezuela and how soon he would like the country to hold elections, Trump responded, "I'd like to do it quickly, but it takes a period of time."

The president cited infrastructure improvements, contending that it was "old, rotted."