‘America on the warpath’ and ‘Trump to run Venezuela’
The US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and large-scale attacks on this South American country are the main topics of Sunday’s newspapers. The front page of the Mail on Sunday newspaper includes a picture of Maduro blindfolded and shackled after his arrest by US special forces, shared by Donald Trump, and carries the headline “America is on the warpath”.
The Sunday Telegraph follows Trump’s comments that the US will “rule” Venezuela following the capture of Maduro. The US president held a press conference at Mar-a-Lago and told reporters, “We’re going to run the country right” and “It’s going to make a lot of money.”
The Sunday Times also quotes Trump saying “the US will run Venezuela”, but goes further to quote the US president describing the “unprecedented military action” as something “people haven’t seen since World War II”.
Maduro’s photo on the USS Iwo Jima also appears on the Observer’s front page, with the headline “America’s prisoner”.
The Sunday Mirror includes comments from a defense expert who says “the US acted illegally” in its attack on Venezuela and capture of Maduro. The Venezuelan leader and his wife will now be taken to New York and will be tried on drug and weapons charges, the newspaper reported.
Sun calls it “Nicked” because it juxtaposes images of the captured Maduro with the explosions seen in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.
The Sunday Express focuses on Trump’s praise of the “fantastic operation” in Venezuela, saying “air, land and sea were used” for an attack “people have not seen since the Second World War”.
The Independent uses the same image seen in most of Sunday’s newspapers and features Sir Keir Starmer’s comments that the UK was not involved in Saturday’s large-scale attacks on Venezuela.
“Peace-loving Trump attacks Venezuela” is the Daily Star’s headline. The newspaper asks whether FIFA will take back the inaugural peace prize it awarded to the US leader in December.
