President Donald Trump has declared that the United States will temporarily manage Venezuela’s affairs following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.

Speaking during an NBC News special report, Trump said, “We are going to run the country until a safe, proper, and judicious transition. We don’t want to be involved in someone else getting in with the same situation.” He emphasized that U.S. involvement would end once a legitimate and credible transfer of power is achieved.

Trump did not give a specific timeline but said the sole objective is to ensure stability and an orderly transition to new leadership in Venezuela.

The announcement followed what Trump described as a large-scale U.S. military operation carried out in Caracas late Friday night into early Saturday under his direct orders. In a separate White House statement, he said, “Overwhelming air, land, and sea forces were used to launch a spectacular assault,” describing the action as unlike anything “people haven’t seen since World War II.”

According to Trump, the operation targeted a heavily fortified military facility in central Caracas and was aimed at apprehending what he called the “outlaw dictator,” Nicolás Maduro. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured during the operation.

Both are expected to be transferred to the Southern District of New York to face multiple charges, including narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, and possession of machine guns and destructive devices.