He told NBC News he anticipated having to launch a second military incursion into the country but insisted that the U.S. is not at war with Venezuela.

President Donald Trump abandoned his teleprompter in favor of impromptu musings in a speech at a retreat for House Republicans on Tuesday. And those ad-libbed Trump comments were filled with false claims.

And then the announcement by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform that Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro had been captured with his wife and flown out of the country. The US appeared to have deposed a Latin American leader for the first time since its invasion of Panama in 1989.

President Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland fits into a long, little-known pattern in U.S. history, since American leaders have long seen Greenland as a strategic asset

Greenland's strategic location above the Arctic Circle makes it a focal point in global security and trade debates

U.S. troops captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a surprise attack, after months of mounting U.S. pressure on the oil-rich country. Trump has long expressed interest in the U.S. controlling Greenland,

President Trump has long discussed taking over Greenland, and under his second term, he's leaving a wide range options on the table — including military action — to get what he claims the U.S. needs.