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4 potential targets for Trump after Maduro's capture

By CP Staff
Iranians ride their motorbike past a huge banner of former Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani ahead of the sixth anniversary of his assassination. Photo taken at Valiasr Square in Tehran, on Dec. 31, 2025. Soleimani was killed on Jan. 3, 2020, in a targeted U.S. airstrike at Baghdad airport in Iraq.
Iranians ride their motorbike past a huge banner of former Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani ahead of the sixth anniversary of his assassination. Photo taken at Valiasr Square in Tehran, on Dec. 31, 2025. Soleimani was killed on Jan. 3, 2020, in a targeted U.S. airstrike at Baghdad airport in Iraq. | ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

4. Iran

Beyond the Western Hemisphere, Trump issued a direct threat amid ongoing protests in Iran over the country’s severe economic crisis, marking the oil-rich nation’s most widespread unrest since 2022.

In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote: "If Iran shots (sic) and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go."

The statement marked the first official U.S. comment on the protests, which have spread to more than 30 cities with reports of security forces using live fire.

Iranian officials, including senior adviser Ali Larijani, responded on X to Trump’s statement with a warning. "We distinguish between the stance of the protesting shopkeepers and the actions of disruptive actors, and Trump should know that U.S. interference in this internal matter would mean destabilizing the entire region and destroying America's interests."

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