EXCLUSIVE: “QUIT OR BE OUSTED” – SECRET TRUMP ULTIMATUM TO MADURO REVEALED AS U.S. FORCES POISED FOR ACTION
In a clandestine phone call that could determine the fate of a nation, President Donald Trump delivered a blunt, high-stakes ultimatum to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro: flee immediately with your family or face imminent removal by force.
According to explosive reporting from the Miami Herald and confirmed by U.S. officials and defense experts, the dramatic exchange occurred as Washington’s pressure campaign reached a boiling point. The offer was stark: a guaranteed evacuation for Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores, and their son—but only if the socialist dictator agreed to resign on the spot.
The deal collapsed within hours.
“The Demands Were a Non-Starter”
The conversation stalled, sources reveal, over three explosive demands from Caracas. First, Maduro sought “global amnesty” for himself and his inner circle for any crimes committed during his authoritarian rule. Second, his regime asked to retain control of Venezuela’s armed forces during a transition, a model akin to Nicaragua in the 1990s. Third, they balked at Washington’s insistence on an immediate resignation.
“The demands were a non-starter,” a U.S. official familiar with the call told Fox News. “This was not a negotiation. It was a final off-ramp.”
With the ultimatum rejected, Washington escalated dramatically. President Trump’s subsequent announcement that Venezuelan airspace was “closed in its entirety” was not mere posturing, experts say, but a clear signal of impending military operations.
“Missiles Might Be Coming”
“I think the operations will start imminently,” said Vanessa Neumann, a former Venezuelan diplomat and CEO of Asymmetrica Group, which specializes in defense cooperation. “The clearing of the airspace is a very clear public warning that missiles might be coming to take out command and control infrastructure.”
Neumann, who has worked extensively on countering Venezuelan-linked criminal networks, described a “capture-or-kill scenario” targeting a tightly mapped list of regime figures. “The targets have been identified through covert operations over the last several years. This will not be like breaking a jar into a thousand pieces; you lift the concentration of power, and it’s easier to manage.”
High on that list, she confirmed, is Maduro himself, alongside Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, powerful regime stalwart Diosdado Cabello, and Alexander Granko Arteaga, the feared head of Venezuela’s brutal counter-intelligence agency.
A Regime on Borrowed Time
The Maduro regime, Neumann argues, has never been more vulnerable. Venezuela’s armed forces, once a regional powerhouse, are a hollow shell, crippled by corruption, sanctions, and defections. “They have junk from the Russians. The stuff they originally had from the Americans is decades old and has not been serviced. They have neither the personnel, foreign support, nor the material.”
Compounding the crisis is the U.S. designation of the Cartel de los Soles—a narcotics network deeply embedded in the Venezuelan state—as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. This cartel, Neumann explains, used Venezuelan military assets to flood the U.S. and Europe with cocaine, financing terror groups like Hezbollah and torturing or disappearing anyone in its path.
“They turned Venezuela’s main oil company into a narcotics money-laundering operation,” Neumann said. “Jet pilots were getting rich off cocaine runs. This is why the U.S. strikes on drug boats are not just about drugs; they are about severing the regime’s financial lifeline and its grip on power.”
Backers in Retreat, A People in Agony
Even Maduro’s traditional international backers offer little solace. “Russia and Iran are both on the back foot, and China will not go that far in backing Maduro,” Neumann assessed. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan people, who have “made it clear they wanted Maduro out,” endure hyperinflation, starvation, and brutal repression.
As the window for a peaceful exit slams shut, the world watches. The Maduro government, the Herald reported, attempted to schedule a follow-up call with Washington after the ultimatum. It received no response.
Aboard Air Force One on Sunday, President Trump played coy, telling reporters not to “read anything into” the airspace closure. But in the Caribbean, the mobilization of assets tells a different story.
“The decision is President Trump’s because when he says, ‘Go’, we go. And nobody knows when he’ll say that,” Neumann said. “He has mobilized so many assets down there now. The timing is right now.”
The standoff is over. The final act for the Maduro regime appears to be written. The only remaining question is how, and how violently, the curtain will fall.
