China News Service, January 5 (Reporter) - According to Reuters, on the local time of the 4th, U.S. President Donald Trump stated in an interview with The Atlantic that if Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez 'fails to make the right choices', she may pay a heavier price than Nicolas Maduro.

Trump further stated that other countries could also become targets of U.S. intervention, and he emphasized, 'We really need Greenland, absolutely need it.'

As previously reported, in the early morning of the 3rd local time, the United States launched a military strike against Venezuela and arrested President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. On the noon of the 3rd, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a speech at Mar - a - Lago, acknowledging that the goal of this U.S. military operation was to 'apprehend' Maduro, and stating that the United States would 'administer' Venezuela until a 'safe transition' is implemented.

On the same day, the Supreme Court of Venezuela ordered that Vice President Delcy Rodriguez immediately take over and exercise all presidential powers in the capacity of Acting President. Rodriguez stated on Venezuela's state television that the U.S. action was aimed at overthrowing the Venezuelan government to seize the country's oil and natural resources.