{"id":88432,"date":"2026-01-03T23:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/88432\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T23:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:56:10","slug":"mamdani-calls-trump-on-venezuela-to-oppose-pursuit-of-regime-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/88432\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani calls Trump on Venezuela to oppose \u2018pursuit of regime change\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he called President Donald Trump to voice his opposition to the U.S military\u2019s strike on Caracas and subsequent capture of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro \u2013 a move the new mayor described earlier as “an act of war and a violation of federal and international law.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI called the president and spoke with him directly to register my opposition to this act,\u201d Mamdani said at an unrelated press conference Saturday. \u201cAnd to make clear it was an opposition based on being opposed to a pursuit of regime change, to the violation of federal, international law and a desire to see that be consistent each and every day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The call, which a City Hall spokesperson said lasted a few minutes, took place early in the afternoon \u2013 a few hours after Trump held his first news conference in wake of the early Saturday strike. Neither Mamdani nor a spokesperson for the mayor provided insight into how Trump responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s condemnation of the Republican president on Saturday marked a sharp departure from his public statements in the past few days. Prior to news of the military operation breaking, Mamdani had only mentioned Trump once since taking office on Thursday. And that had been a glancing comment during his inaugural address about how some Trump supporters voted for him \u2013 words intended to be unifying, not condemning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the president frequently attacked Mamdani on the campaign trail, the two men struck a far more civil tone<\/a> during a meeting in the Oval Office in late November. At times, Trump has even been complimentary of the young democratic socialist in wake of that meeting. Mamdani, albeit more tentatively, has highlighted shared areas of agreement.<\/p>\n

Asked if he was worried that his opposition would change his relationship with Trump, Mamdani said that he and the president have always been \u201chonest and direct\u201d with each other about their disagreements. This, as was the case in their Oval Office meeting and their recent phone call, is something Mamdani said he\u2019ll continue to do.<\/p>\n

The military operation, directed by Trump without Congressional approval, took place after months of warnings, threats and accusations by Trump against Maduro. The authoritarian leader and his wife, who\u2019d also been captured by U.S. forces, are expected to stand trial on drug and weapons charges in federal court in Manhattan, overseen by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Jay Clayton.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to make sure that for New Yorkers we limit any of the impact on their day to day life that will come as a consequence of the actions of the federal government,\u201d Mamdani said, referencing both the thousands of Venezuelans who call the city home and beyond.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gov. Kathy Hochul also condemned Trump\u2019s actions Saturday, describing his decision to act without congressional approval as \u201ca flagrant abuse of power.\u201d \u201cWhile there are no credible threats to New York at this time, State Police are coordinating with our partners in law enforcement to monitor the situation and keep New Yorkers safe,\u201d Hochul said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he called President Donald Trump to voice his opposition to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[153,426,9,24,55,54,15862,56,7318,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-88432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-kathy-hochul","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-city-news","14":"tag-nicolas-maduro","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-venezuela","17":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}