美国共和党籍犹他州联邦参议员李麦克3日稍早在社媒X发文说，他已与美国国务卿鲁比欧通话，鲁比欧表示既然委内瑞拉总统马杜洛已被美国抓获，预料不会对委国采取进一步行动，而马杜洛将在美国接受刑事控罪的审判。
Just got off the phone with @SecRubio
He informed me that Nicolás Maduro has been arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States, and that the kinetic action we saw tonight was deployed to protect and defend those executing the arrest warrant… https://t.co/lXCxhPoKSZ
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) January 3, 2026
另据路透3日报导，美国副国务卿蓝道当天在社媒X发文说，「委内瑞拉迎来新的黎明！该暴君已离开，他终于将为他的罪行面对正义」。
美国总统川普3日稍早已发文说，美国已成功对委国及马杜洛发动大规模袭击，马杜洛及其夫人已被抓获并从委国带离，此次行动是与美国执法部门共同进行。川普说，详情稍后将公布，美东时间3日上午11时将在佛州海湖庄园举行记者会。
法新社3日报导，委国已指控美国在3日凌晨发动一连串空袭，袭击委国民众居住地区，并宣布将大规模部署军事资源。
🚨 BREAKING: TOTAL MAYHEM in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela after President Trump orders strikes on Venezuelan military sites
This operation just started about an hour ago and the country is ALREADY on their knees.
Holy crap. pic.twitter.com/KYpMkKyxNP
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 3, 2026
委国国防部长帕屈诺在社媒分享的影片声明说，入侵的美军亵渎委国国土，甚至使用飞弹和从战斗直升机发射的火箭袭击平民居住区，委国将大规模部署所有陆地、空中、海上、河流和飞弹能力以从事全面防御。
Venezuelan Defense Minister is alive and speaks:
We will not negotiate, we will not surrender, and we will ultimately triumph.
NOTE: Maduro has been captured by U.S. forces. pic.twitter.com/7Dgk2JOauI
— Clash Report (@clashreport) January 3, 2026
