Trump Meets Delcy Rodríguez
Trump met Delcy Rodríguez in New York, signaling a thaw in U.S.-Venezuela ties.
What happened
Donald Trump met Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez in New York during the UN General Assembly. It was their first face-to-face meeting since the United States backed her takeover after Nicolás Maduro was seized. Rodríguez is on her first U.S. trip since taking office, after Washington lifted sanctions placed on her in 2018. Maduro is being held in New York pending trial on drug-trafficking and other charges, while opposition leader María Corina Machado remains barred from returning. Rodríguez said the talks covered bilateral ties, energy, mining and security. Trump called Maduro an “outlaw dictator” at the UN and touted an oil deal. Rodríguez is scheduled to address the assembly Wednesday.
From the left
Left-leaning accounts treated the visit as a legitimacy test, not just a diplomatic reset. CNN framed the trip as an effort to break Venezuela’s isolation after years of estrangement. CNN also stressed that Rodríguez was not elected, while El País cast the thaw as Caracas bending to Washington rather than meeting it as an equal.
From the right
Right-leaning accounts treated the encounter as a post-Maduro opening, with practical cooperation at the center. The New York Post emphasized a historic milestone after Maduro’s removal and cited Rodríguez’s agenda on energy, mining and security. The Epoch Times highlighted Rodríguez’s thanks to Trump’s administration for disaster help and support for renewed multilateral ties.
Trump and Delcy Rodríguez seal thaw with meeting in New York
Trump Meets Venezuela’s Rodriguez in New York