{"id":13869,"date":"2026-01-04T23:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=13869"},"modified":"2026-01-04T23:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:49:38","slug":"new-york-city-mayor-mamdani-says-that-he-telephoned-president-trump-directly-to-voice-opposition-to-what-he-called-a-pursuit-of-regime-change-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=13869","title":{"rendered":"New York City Mayor Mamdani says that he telephoned President Trump \u201cdirectly\u201d to voice opposition to what he called a \u201cpursuit of regime change\u201d in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York froze in disbelief. In the span of hours, a foreign president was seized, flown into the United States, and dropped into the heart of Mamdani\u2019s city. Behind closed doors, the mayor picked up the phone and confronted Donald Trump directly. He warned of war, backlash, and a city on edge. Venezuelan families braced, unsure wheth\u2026 <strong>Continues\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13870\" src=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/469580231_122116840868604272_4254552163620985915_n-2-8-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/469580231_122116840868604272_4254552163620985915_n-2-8-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/469580231_122116840868604272_4254552163620985915_n-2-8.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As federal agents moved Maduro and Cilia Flores toward New York custody, Mamdani tried to draw a line between Washington\u2019s reach and his city\u2019s fragile calm. Calling the operation \u201can act of war,\u201d he framed his objection less as a partisan shot than a warning about the cost of regime change conducted at gunpoint. In his view, the law cannot be selectively sacred abroad while communities at home absorb the fear and fallout.<\/p>\n<p>In neighborhoods where Venezuelan flags hang from apartment windows, the raid felt less like distant geopolitics and more like a threat creeping into their streets. Mamdani\u2019s message was as much to them as to Trump: New York would not turn a blind eye while their homeland became a battlefield by proxy. He promised vigilance, legal support, and a simple assurance in uncertain hours: your safety is not a bargaining chip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York froze in disbelief. 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