Trump Weighs Options, and Risks, for Attacks on Venezuela NYT | Top Stories David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager, Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Devlin Barrett 5 November 2025 at 08:41 President Trump has yet to make a decision, but his advisers are pressing a range of objectives — from attacking drug cartels to seizing oil fields — to try to justify ousting Nicolás Maduro. © Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York TimesAsked in an interview whether Nicolás Maduro’s days as president of Venezuela were numbered, President Trump said, “I think so, yeah.”