On January 5 local time,U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, stated that he expected to receive further details later that day from officials including Secretary of State Rubio and Secretary of Defense Hegesseth regarding the specific implications of the administration’s so-called “management of Venezuela.” Donald TrumpThune noted that although Congress was not informed of the U.S. plan to forcibly remove Venezuelan leader Maduro prior to the operation, he personally found the briefing he received afterward to be “acceptable.”U.S. Senate Minority Leader Schumer warned that Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela are merely the beginning of a dangerous foreign policy course. Schumer stated that whenever the U.S. attempts to overthrow foreign governments by force or interfere in other countries, the American people ultimately pay a heavy price in blood (CCTV).